Allow user to specify R0 (in lieu of doubling time) #18
Labels
enhancement
New feature or request
hospital-request
A hospital needs this to make a decision
python
wontfix
This will not be worked on
Calculation (extends "more info about this tool"):
We can compute the implicit$R_0$ from our doubling time inputs and our assumed duration of infectiousness $(1/\gamma)$ . Since $R_0$ is the number of additional individuals infected by each infected individual when $I << S$ , we can compute the growth rate $g$ as a function of $R_0$ and $\gamma$ :
$$g = \gamma R_0 $$ $g$ , we can substitute and rearrange to find:
$$R_0 = (2^{1/T_d} - 1)/\gamma$$
From our previous equation for
So, for our$\gamma$ of 1/14 days, a doubling time of 4 days corresponds to an $R_0$ of 2.65.
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