#LMDCORONAVIRUS: Social Distance Works. Here's How it Looks
Lily McCullough
Four models showing different approaches to a pandemic. Free for all: no changes in society; attempted quarantine, like in Hubei, China; moderate distancing: 75% adopt social distancing; extensive distancing: 87.5% (7 of 8 people) adopt social distancing. KEY: Gray = healthy; Ochre = Sick; Lavendar = Recovered. Credit: The Washington Post
From The Washington Post, an article with simulations of the exponential spread of outbreaks, like coronavirus, and how to flatten the curve or minimize the number of people who become infected, which in turn would also minimize the number of deaths. If we distance, we save lives. See animated simulations for each scenario.
A much lower curve, and fewer people infected overall with extensive distancing. Credit: The Washington Post