Modeling Disease Spread when Social Networks Change Over Time (IMAGE)

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Modeling Disease Spread when Social Networks Change Over Time

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Scientists modeling the spread of COVID-19 showed that a temporary state of immunity arises due to individual differences in social behaviors. This "transient collective immunity"-- referring to when the susceptible or more social groups collectively have been infected--gets destroyed as people modify their social behaviors over time. For example, someone who isolated in the early days of the epidemic may at some point renew their social networks, meeting with small groups or large crowds.

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Brookhaven National Laboratory

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