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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/136010| Title: | The maths of herd immunity |
| Authors: | Chetcuti, Emanuel |
| Keywords: | Herd immunity -- Mathematical models Communicable diseases -- Transmission Communicable diseases -- Mathematical models Communicable diseases -- Epidemiology -- Mathematical models |
| Issue Date: | 2020 |
| Publisher: | Allied Newspapers Limited |
| Citation: | Chetcuti, E. (2020, September 20). The maths of herd immunity. The Times of Malta. Retrieved from: https://timesofmalta.com/article/the-maths-of-herd-immunity.819133 |
| Abstract: | We all hate gossip, but let us say you hear a rumour that you simply cannot keep to yourself. So, you compromise by telling it exactly to one person. No big deal, right? After all, if the person you tell adopts the same policy, the rumour will not...We all hate gossip, but let us say you hear a rumour that you simply cannot keep to yourself. So, you compromise by telling it exactly to one person. No big deal, right? After all, if the person you tell adopts the same policy, the rumour will not spread extremely far. If one new person hears the rumour each day, after one month it will not even have spread to three dozen people. |
| URI: | https://timesofmalta.com/article/the-maths-of-herd-immunity.819133 https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/136010 |
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