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SUBMITTER: Chen J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7595181 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20201028 1
We use an individual based model and national level epidemic simulations to estimate the medical costs of keeping the US economy open during COVID-19 pandemic under different counterfactual scenarios. We model an unmitigated scenario and 12 mitigation scenarios which differ in compliance behavior to social distancing strategies and in the duration of the stay-home order. Under each scenario we estimate the number of people who are likely to get infected and require medical attention, hospitaliza ...[more]