no code implementations • 18 Dec 2023 • Cameron A. Smith, Ben Ashby
Various approaches have been proposed to model both within- and between-host dynamics, but these typically require considerable simplifying assumptions to couple processes at contrasting scales (e. g., the within-host dynamics quickly reach a steady state) or are computationally intensive.
1 code implementation • 15 Sep 2021 • Cameron A. Smith, Christian A. Yates, Ben Ashby
An alternative and widely discussed public health strategy for the COVID-19 pandemic would have been to 'shield' those most vulnerable to COVID-19 (minimising their contacts with others), while allowing infection to spread among lower risk individuals with the aim of reaching herd immunity.
