Modeling strict age-targeted mitigation strategies for COVID-19.
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SUBMITTER: Chikina M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7380601 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Modeling strict age-targeted mitigation strategies for COVID-19.
Chikina Maria M Pegden Wesley W
PloS one 20200724 7
We use a simple SIR-like epidemic model integrating known age-contact patterns for the United States to model the effect of age-targeted mitigation strategies for a COVID-19-like epidemic. We find that, among strategies which end with population immunity, strict age-targeted mitigation strategies have the potential to greatly reduce mortalities and ICU utilization for natural parameter choices. ...[more]
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