Knowing the model you can trust - the key to better decision-making

(Cranfield University) As much of Europe is engulfed by a second wave of Covid-19, and track and trace struggles to meet demand, modelling support tools are being increasingly used by policymakers to make key decisions. Most notably, models have been used to predict the Covid-19 R0 rate - the average rate of secondary infections from a single infection, which has formed the basis for many lockdown decisions across the UK.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news