From Growth Rate to R0: Generation-Interval Approximations
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In this lesson
You convert doubling times into growth rates and estimate R0 for four towns under three assumptions about the generation interval, and see how much the assumption matters.
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- Growth Rate & Doubling Time from Case Counts (LN + SLOPE) Locked
- From Growth Rate to R0: Generation-Interval Approximations Locked
- The SIR Model with Euler Steps: S, I, R Day by Day Locked
- Peak Timing, Peak Size & Final Size Locked
- Herd Immunity Threshold & the Vaccination Coverage Needed Locked
- Effect of Interventions: Cutting β and Flattening the Curve Locked
- SEIR: Adding a Latent Period Locked
- Fitting the Model to Data: SSE for a Few β Values Locked