Open rdvelazquez opened 4 years ago
NOTE:I'm not a scientist; the summary below is from a layman's perspective.
and combinations of the above on health care demand (hospitalization, critical care cases) and mortality.
What methods did they use? A "modified individual-based simulation model developed to support pandemic influenza planning"
Does this paper study COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, or a related disease and/or virus? COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2
What is the main finding (or a few main takeaways)? Their simulation suggests that:
What does this paper tell us about the background and/or diagnostics/therapeutics for COVID-19 / SARS-CoV-2? Provides a forecast of the progression of the epidemic in the US and GB with and without various public health policies.
Do you have any concerns about methodology or the interpretation of these results beyond this analysis?
This seems to have been an influential paper for public policy and there are probably a lot of discussions about this paper on twitter and elsewhere. Here's something just from a quick google search: https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-mrc-centre-for-global-infectious-disease-analysis-report-9-impact-of-non-pharmaceutical-interventions-npis-to-reduce-covid-19-mortality-and-healthcare-demand/
Title: Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand
General Information
Please paste a link to the paper or a citation here:
Link: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf
What is the paper's Manubot-style citation?
Citation: [@doi:10.25561/77482]
Is this paper primarily relevant to Background or Pathogesis?
Please list some keywords (3-10) that help identify the relevance of this paper to COVID-19
Which areas of expertise are particularly relevant to the paper?