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Let’s go back in time to consider the performance of various epidemiological models for the shape of the coronavirus epidemic. nytimes.com/interactive/20… @qdbui @ParlaP @jshkatz Image
@qdbui @ParlaP @jshkatz Looking at the charts in this article should make you wary about:
1) Relying too much on the precision of any one model.
2) Assuming any of these models can look out more than a few weeks in the future.
3) The IMHE model in particular.
@qdbui @ParlaP @jshkatz You can look at the outputs from a large number of epi models here: cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…

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