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The unintended consequences of inconsistent pandemic control policies
Benjamin M. Althouse, Brendan Wallace, Brendan Case +4
Controlling the spread of COVID-19 - even after a licensed vaccine is available - requires the effective use of non-pharmaceutical interventions: physical distancing, limits on gro…
Stochasticity and heterogeneity in the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2
Benjamin M. Althouse, Edward A. Wenger, Joel C. Miller +4
SARS-CoV-2 causing COVID-19 disease has moved rapidly around the globe, infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. The basic reproduction number, which has been widely u…
The role of directionality, heterogeneity and correlations in epidemic risk and spread
Antoine Allard, Cristopher Moore, Samuel V. Scarpino +2
Most models of epidemic spread, including many designed specifically for COVID-19, implicitly assume mass-action contact patterns and undirected contact networks, meaning that the…
Mobile phone data and COVID-19: Missing an opportunity?
Nuria Oliver, Emmanuel Letouzé, Harald Sterly +21
This paper describes how mobile phone data can guide government and public health authorities in determining the best course of action to control the COVID-19 pandemic and in asses…
Beyond : Heterogeneity in secondary infections and probabilistic epidemic forecasting
Laurent Hébert-Dufresne, Benjamin M. Althouse, Samuel V. Scarpino +1
The basic reproductive number -- -- is one of the most common and most commonly misapplied numbers in public health. Although often used to compare outbreaks and forecast pan…