Targeted adaptive isolation strategy for Covid-19 pandemic [article]

Zoltan Neufeld, Hamid Khataee
2020 medRxiv   pre-print
We investigate the effects of social distancing in controlling the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic using a simple SIR epidemic model. We show that an alternative or complementaryapproach based on targeted isolation of the vulnerable subpopulation may provide a moreefficient and robust strategy at a lower economic and social cost within a shorter timeframe.
doi:10.1101/2020.03.23.20041897 fatcat:3clj5fsv3rg75cp2csbr6nkzee