Vertical social distancing policy is ineffective to contain the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract: Considering numerical simulations, this study shows that the so-called vertical social distancing health policy is ineffective to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. We present the SEIR-Net model, for a network of social group interactions, as a development of the classic mathematical model of...

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Main Authors: Luiz Henrique Duczmal, Alexandre Celestino Leite Almeida, Denise Bulgarelli Duczmal, Claudia Regina Lindgren Alves, Flávia Costa Oliveira Magalhães, Max Sousa de Lima, Ivair Ramos Silva, Ricardo Hiroshi Caldeira Takahashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2020000606002&lng=en&tlng=en