Overall, we have come out of the pandemic tunnel which lasted for three years and we have learned a lot during that time. I was in South Korea for the entire time and as has been reported, the Korean government implemented strict guidelines of social distancing and other counter-measures such as wearing filtering face masks everywhere and practicing frequent hand-washing. At the start of the pandemic, Harry Stevens of The Washington Post wrote an article that showed a simulation of how a social distancing policy would affect the spread of a disease, which in his example was called simulitis. It is an interesting depiction of how diseases are transmitted and mitigated.
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On a related note, Kevin Simler at around the same time, found that article very interesting and so decided to create playable simulations of a disease outbreak wherein one can adjust factors such as transmission rate, travel radius, encounter frequency, and mortality rates to see how those would affect the outcome of the outbreak. They are fascinating visual representations of how outbreaks worked, and quite informative on the possible preventive measures to mitigate their effects on the global population. And you may check out the various grid simulations he made on Melting Asphalt.
(Image credit: Harry Stevens/The Washington Post)
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