Epidemic, Endemic, and Eradication Simulations

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Interactive COVID-19 simulations from Nicky Case and epidemiologist Marcel Salathé:

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[usernametaken]

They are evolving at a fast pace.

Now they are civilised and have a city.

WE NEED TO STOP THEM BEFORE ITS TOO LATE-

[uumuu]

The blobs are getting smarter. They’ve already established economics and entire cities.

[LachlanJP]

'Sorry, you can't donate in this country or region yet.'
Looks like I'm literally not in a place to give.

[protorandom]

This makes me curious how the data would shift if you factored in deaths

[HippoBoiO]

Is it just me or would anyone else want a blob plush, blobs seem like they would be really comfy

EDIT: HE'S DONE IT POG

[pixnixi]

This is fascinating. Honestly, I don't actually understand a lot of the math terms, but being able to see what's happening on the graphs and having the colour coding it great. Thank you!!

[notyou]

disease: extremely deadly and turns people red
blob: entirely red and obviously infectious
other blob: i see absolutely nothing wrong with interacting with this individual

[natrocks]

Can We take a second to appreciate how hard this man must've listened in his maths lessons

Edit: Wow this is the most likes I ever had on a comment

[mystZER]

I'm still waiting for the prisoner dilemma video. Huge zero escape fan and the second game of the series deals with that a lot

[JRCody-dsec]

At the risk of sounding morbid, I think adding in death would make it more visible as to why reaching herd immunity naturally is not as good as it may sound.

[iancampbell]

Primer: Mathematically breaks down how pandemics work.
Everyone: ThE BlObS hAve A cITy NoW!!!

[williambrito]

It would be cool to see a simulation about if the blobs show symptoms and if they’ll quarantine based on if they have symptoms.

[ddck]

I always forget to watch videos, that were announced in advance, because they are already way past the current videos in my subscription box.

[PashaGamingYT]

In World of Warcraft, there was once a disease called the "corrupted blood plague". It spread throughout WoW and after it was all over, the WHO took data of player infections because of how similar it was to real life.

[burgerfanman]

Wow, what a fun simulation. This could definitely never happen in real life.

[katt]

Imagine how scary it'd be if you heard an epidemic was going around and you suddenly turning red.

[GlitchedBlox]

Everybody gangsta until one of your homies turn red

[wquon]

"death rate" would have been an interesting variable, but I can see how that would have been much more complicated.

[Lazy_.Lavender]

Honestly, I was really rooting for Blue Blob #24.

[crocxp]

Poor blobs they don’t deserve to be treated like this. They just got a whole city and now nearly half their population is dying. I do love these vids though