Augmenting Academic Research Search And Reading With Richer Context
- Author (aut): Dave, Valay
- Thesis advisor (ths): Zou, Jia
- Thesis advisor (ths): Ben Amor, Heni
- Committee member: Candan, Kasim Selcuk
- Publisher (pbl): Arizona State University
Covid-19 is unlike any coronavirus we have seen before, characterized mostly by the ease with which it spreads. This analysis utilizes an SEIR model built to accommodate various populations to understand how different testing and infection rates may affect hospitalization and death. This analysis finds that infection rates have a significant impact on Covid-19 impact regardless of the population whereas the impact that testing rates have in this simulation is not as pronounced. Thus, policy-makers should focus on decreasing infection rates through targeted lockdowns and vaccine rollout to contain the virus, and decrease its spread.