Plans to rent a tent, hire a DJ and caterer, and then hold a party to celebrate getting through this current COVID-19 crisis are put off for a while. Ali’s model explains why a second wave is quite likely and having a big party this summer is just the wrong thing to do.
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David and Deborah feel awkward, even silly wearing their face masks on a quick trip to buy ice cream. Babak builds a simpler model than the one Ali briefed us on. The results are stunning and clear. There is nothing at all silly about social distancing and wearing face masks.
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Early on Easter morning, before the egg hunt, David ponders what it means to be a Christian in the midst of the COVID19 Pandemic.
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A long planned trip to Norway this summer is being threatened by the pandemic. Looking at formal math-based simulation models clarifies how to think over time about this pandemic.
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Ali calls from Tehran with news of a system dynamics model of the COVID-19 pandemic that he has built. David contacts Dan, Babak, and Andrada. The “Diaries During Lockdown” is born during a Zoom call on Palm Sunday.
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