articleNature MedicineOct 23, 2020HYBRID OA

Modeling COVID-19 scenarios for the United States

ICIHME COVID-19 Forecasting TeamRCRobert C. ReinerRMRyan M BarberJKJames K. CollinsPZPeng Zheng

University of Washington · Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation · +6 more institutions

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Abstract

We use COVID-19 case and mortality data from 1 February 2020 to 21 September 2020 and a deterministic SEIR (susceptible, exposed, infectious and recovered) compartmental framework to model possible trajectories of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections and the effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions in the United States at the state level from 22 September 2020 through 28 February 2021. Using this SEIR model, and projections of critical driving covariates (pneumonia seasonality, mobility, testing rates and mask use per capita), we assessed scenarios of social distancing mandates and levels of mask use. Projections of current non-pharmaceutical intervention strategies by…

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  • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
  • Betacoronavirus
  • Virology
  • Pandemic
  • Coronavirus Infections
  • Medicine
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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