Synchronization in epidemic growth and the impossibility of selective containment
Containment, aiming to prevent the epidemic stage of community-spreading altogether, and mitigation, aiming to merely 'flatten the curve' of a wide-ranged outbreak, constitute two qualitatively different approaches to combating an epidemic through non-pharmaceutical interventions. Here, we...
Main Authors: | Bergholtz, E.J (Author), Budich, J.C (Author) |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2021
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Online Access: | View Fulltext in Publisher |
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