Delays, Masks, the Elderly, and Schools: First Covid-19 Wave in the Czech Republic
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SciScore for 10.1101/2020.11.06.20227330: (What is this?)
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Table 1: Rigor
NIH rigor criteria are not applicable to paper type.Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources The force of infection λ in the model (1) sums contributions from all infectious classes, that is, Ia, Ip, Ih, and Is: Issuggested: NoneResults from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:A key and unique feature of our model is its use of sociological data quantifying the degree of compliance with the interventions, that is, the degree of interpersonal contact limitation in …
SciScore for 10.1101/2020.11.06.20227330: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
NIH rigor criteria are not applicable to paper type.Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources The force of infection λ in the model (1) sums contributions from all infectious classes, that is, Ia, Ip, Ih, and Is: Issuggested: NoneResults from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:A key and unique feature of our model is its use of sociological data quantifying the degree of compliance with the interventions, that is, the degree of interpersonal contact limitation in various environments as well as the degree of compliance with using personal protective measures. Therefore we need not speculate on the degree of compliance in the society but rather work with the actual level of the reduction of social contacts relative to the preceding non-epidemic state. These proportional reductions in contacts enter our model as fundamental system characteristics and serve as benchmarks, towards which we test alternative intervention strategies. Another unique feature of our modeling approach is how we deal with uncertainty. Although our model is deterministic we calibrate it via a stochastic technique, known as Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) (5–7), applied to model parameters that are sourced either from the literature or the data sources for the epidemic in Czechia. In this way we generate a number of posterior parameter sets (or different worlds) that all produce outcomes matching the actual observations of the age-specific numbers of confirmed cases, and examine how the epidemic behaves in those worlds when the interventions change. We emphasize that even though our model is calibrated for the epidemic in the Czech Republic it can straightforwardly be recast for any other country or region if relevant data on behavioral and population characteristics are ...
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