Butif I have a pathogenthathasn't arenotoftwo, andit's killing 1% 10% 50% ofthepeopleitinfects, I'm goingtorespondtomuchdifferentlyarenotshouldbeprettysimpletocalculateitsbasedonthreemainthings.
伝達性(Transmissibility)、つまり病気を持っている人との接触によって感染する可能性の高さ、平均的な接触率、あるいは平均的な感染者が何人以上の人と接触するか、そして最後に、感染期間(Duration of infectiousness)、つまり病気を広めている人がどれくらいの期間感染するかということです。
Forgettingthosefactorsinvolves a wholebunchofcalculusthattakesintoaccountthingslikehowmanypeopleatanygiventimearesusceptibletoinfectionandhowmanyareactuallyinfected.
Soif I dropaninfectedpersonintothemiddleofNewYorkCityand I dropitinfectedpersonintothemiddleofruralAmerica, thatthey'regonnabetwoverydifferentthingsbecausethenumberofpeoplethataregoingtocomeincontactwitheachotherareverydifferent.
ThereportthatpredictedmillionsofdeathsintheUSalone, whichwasputtogetherbyresearchersattheImperialCollegeLondon, used 2.4 astheaveragearenotforthecoronavirus.
The I H M E teamfiguredthatdeathrates, whilenot 100% perfect, wouldstillbe a moreaccuratestatisticthanthenumberofpeoplewhohavecovid.
I H M Eチームは、死亡率は100%完璧ではないにしても、共同生活をしている人の数よりも正確な統計になるだろうと考えました。
19 peoplewiththemostseverecasesusuallyhavebeengettingtested, whichmeanswehaveatleast a semiaccurateideaofhowmanypeoplearedyingspecificallyfromthedisease.
ByanalyzingthepatternofdeathratesinWuhan, theywereabletocomeupwith a mathematicalformulaforhowdifferentphysicaldistancingmeasureslikeclosingschools, affectedthenumberofdeaths.
Aswellasthecountryas a whole, takingintoaccountaveragedeathratesfordifferentagegroupssincepopulationsconditionerinthataspect, basingtheirmodelondeathrateswasalso a usefulwaytopredictthenumberofpeoplewhowouldneedtobehospitalized.