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SEIR simulation activity for flattening the curve

Author(s): Carrie Diaz Eaton

Bates College and QUBES

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Summary:
This is a short exploration activity to introduce SIR and SEIR models without explicitly introducing differential equations. It utilizes the R package EpiDynamics and students can run the simulations themselves to observe flattening the curve.

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Version 1.0 - published on 12 Mar 2020 doi:10.25334/70ER-7992 - cite this

Description

This is a short exploration activity to introduce SIR and SEIR models without explicitly introducing differential equations.  It utilizes the R package EpiDynamics and students can run the simulations themselves to observe flattening the curve.

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Figure caption and headers are utilized to make this activity screen reader accessible, though RStudio itself is not yet screen reader accessible.

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