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How a Mathematical Model is Helping Public Health Officials Battle COVID-19

Sep 23, 202013 minSeason 3Ep. 36
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In this episode of Michigan Minds, April Nellis, a doctoral candidate in the U-M Department of Mathematics, explains how she and a team of researchers have developed a mathematical model that allows public health officials to determine how various levels of lockdown affect both the economy and the mortality rate of COVID-19.

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