CRRG Webinar: Epidemiology of COVID-19: Implications for Control

Speaker: Marc Lipsitch, Harvard University
Moderator: Thomas Bortfeld, Harvard University

Topics covered during this webinar:
• Key features of the epidemiology of the COVID-19 pandemic with emphasis on the complexity of the data-generating mechanisms, and the challenges they pose for control
• Delayed and incomplete reporting, local heterogeneity, and uncertain effectiveness of control measures
• Approaches to address these challenges
• Nowcasting and detailed sensitivity analyses in models
• Big open questions in the epidemiology of COVID-19