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InstituteforDiseaseModeling / covasim

COVID-19 Agent-based Simulator (Covasim): a model for exploring coronavirus dynamics and interventions
https://covasim.org
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added SVI as a factor to consider within the population #394

Open gwitchel opened 1 year ago

gwitchel commented 1 year ago

SVI (social vulnerability index) is a factor that should be considered within Covasim, as it will allow us to better represent minority communities. This proposed code builds off a paper by the NIH which proposes that people with an SVI above 150% have a 65% increase in their chance of becoming symptomatic of covid, given that they are exposed.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7318979/

cliffckerr commented 1 year ago

Thanks @gwitchel! We'll take a look at including this in the next release of Covasim.