‘Dark matter’, second waves and epidemiological modelling

Karl J Friston, Anthony Costello , Deenan Pillay   https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.01.20185876v1

3rd September 2020

Draft comment   by  – T Andrew Broadbent              CES Economic & Social Research  info@ces.org.uk

Overview

This important paper claims to transcend  the large number of ‘conventional’ epidemiological ‘SEIR’ models  (Susceptible, Exposed, Infectious, or Recovered)  of the current pandemic. Its fascination lies in its attempt to ‘compare SEIR models of immune status’ and derive results more directly from the data available.

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