Module 5

Death Rate and Number of Contacts

In this module, we continue to explore what generates a second wave (or nth wave) of the COVID 19 epidemics. We modify the model by adding a balancing feedback loop in which people observe changes in the COVID 19 death rate and adjust their number of contacts made per day. In this module, we learn to model information delays using a SMOOTH function. We also learn to model non-linear relationships using a table function.

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