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HomeMIT RES.10-S95 Physics of COVID-19 Transmission, Fall 2020Video 3-1: Epidemiological Models—Disease Spreading in a Population

Video 3-1: Epidemiological Models—Disease Spreading in a Population

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The susceptible-infected-removed (SIR) epidemiological model of disease spreading in a population, which is a system of coupled nonlinear ODEs. An epidemic will occur when the initial reproductive number is greater than unity.

Speaker: Professor Martin Z. Bazant