Simulating an epidemic
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The moving-dot simulation changes contact locations and isolation timing separately. Distinct processes can look alike in the output: shortening time spent infectious can mimic isolation within this model.
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These are toy models, with a tiny population, inevitably falling far short of the complexities in real people and larger populations.If there exists an antiviral therapeutic that can move people out of this infectious category quickly, it has the same effect on the model as isolating those cases.