Numerical Epidemics

[Thorsten]

Now, which command do I need to use for ending this pandemic?

repeat
{
vaccinate()
}
until (new_infections < lower_limit);

 

[Thorsten]

Version 0.4 has just been published which now includes the ability to simulate the effect of ongoing vaccination campaigns (before we could only do prior immunity). Here's an appetizer, showing how a baseline scenario responds to different starting days and numbers of vaccination attempts per day:

A fun fact is that vaccination sometimes prolongs the spread of the epidemic. Code and tutorial still here.