Tag: SIR model

Predictions from standard epidemiological models of consequences of segregating and isolating vulnerable people into care facilities

Update 2023-10-30: This paper has now been published in the peer-reviewed journal PLoS One CORRELATION authors Joseph Hickey and Denis Rancourt have posted a new preprint to medRxiv entitled “Predictions from standard epidemiological models of consequences of segregating and isolating vulnerable people into care facilities”. As shown in the paper, standard epidemiological models predict that… Continue reading Predictions from standard epidemiological models of consequences of segregating and isolating vulnerable people into care facilities

Compartmental mixing models for vaccination-status-based segregation regarding viral respiratory diseases

Update 2023-12-14: This paper has now been published in the peer-reviewed journal Cureus CORRELATION authors Joseph Hickey and Denis Rancourt have posted a new pre-print to medRxiv. Hickey and Rancourt use a simple epidemic model to explore how segregation based on vaccination status (e.g. using “vaccine passports”) affects outcomes such as the number of people… Continue reading Compartmental mixing models for vaccination-status-based segregation regarding viral respiratory diseases