/home/wpurdemo/resistancesuffolk/wp-content/mu-plugins school closures – R&R – Reachout and Rebuild https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website A collection of writings dealing with current US & Long Island politics Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:26:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 COVID-19: What is the Best Mitigation Strategy? https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2020/03/18/covid-19-which-is-the-best-mitigation-strategy/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 04:30:07 +0000 https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2020/03/18/covid-19-which-is-the-best-mitigation-strategy/ Continue reading →]]> Interesting and thorough paper on COVID-19 disease modeling in the UK and the USA with an emphasis on analysis of each mitigation strategy (quarantine, closing schools, etc) or combination of strategies.  It is a 20-page paper.  So I am reprinting just one figure which shows that the most effective strategy to reduce the need for ICU beds is a combination of

  • Case isolation
  • home quarantine
  • social distancing for those over 70

 

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There is a lot more in this paper!

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