[LINK] How they did it - the Melbourne Modelling

[David Lochrin]

On 2020-10-29 17:23, jwhit at internode.on.net wrote:> One of the team members was on ABC Melbourne this afternoon. The model is open source and is available if anyone wants to play with it.
I guess that's the Doherty Institute modelling described at https://www.doherty.edu.au/uploads/content_doc/McVernon_Modelling_COVID-19_07Apr1_with_appendix.pdf

Vic. Health mentions this as a "preprint" on their website at https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/theoretical-modelling-inform-victorias-response-coronavirus-covid-19   However that site does contain a useful summary of the results and a few parameters.

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The scenario modelling considered in this work is based on the same transmission model used by the Commonwealth government and released by the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity [Moss, R., Wood, J., Brown, D., Shearer, F., Black, A.J., Cheng, A.C., McCaw, J.M., McVernon, J. Modelling the impact of COVID-19 in Australia to inform transmission reducing measures and health system preparedness.  Preprint published online – 7 Apr 2020. The model includes isolation of confirmed cases, and quarantine of close contacts. Key parameters are shown below.
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My own knowledge of statistics and virus reproduction has improved greatly (from a very low base!) since I've been tracking the daily covid-19 figures released by the Commonwealth Dept. of Health.

But IMHO their website at https://www.health.gov.au/resources/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-at-a-glance-infographic-collection?fbclid=IwAR20LlXJJYXpVy75jAVy3asvUouCYuJ4ik7mWfAXeUIbeJpHyW2LwoHfdU8 is a fine example of how to provide minimum information with maximum inconvenience.  Compare it with https://covidlive.com.au/ for example.

David Lochrin