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105/2020

Corona, Mathematical Epidemiology, Herd Immunity, and Data

Stephan Luckhaus

Abstract

This paper is about data and models for the SARS-Corona-2 infection.


The second most important point which is actually known in mathematics: There is a hierarchy of models and justified simplifications. The classical SIR model is still a good description of the course of the epidemy, in which sense is explained. For the planning of containment strategies on the other hand, a version with several subpopulations in needed. The notion of herd immunity is replaced by the notion of stability region in the parameter space of the respective immunization levels. What this means for the stochastic process of the spread of the virus is explained.

The third point is an empirical observation from the data of Vo'. There were two infection waves with different prognosis for the outcome of the disease. That proves that the amount of the virus load the susceptibles are exposed to, is of paramount importance, not only in the case of health workers.

Received:
Nov 12, 2020
Published:
Nov 18, 2020

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Stephan Luckhaus

Corona, mathematical epidemiology, herd immunity, and data