Episode two of the B.Next Outbreak Analytics & Forecasting series features Dr. Dylan George discussing simulated forecasting in infectious disease with Dr. Jeff Shaman, professor at Columbia University and director of the Climate and Health program at the Mailman School of Public Health. Analyzing the past to develop models may be able to inform the trajectory of infectious disease activity in the near-term future and allows for public health officials to consider real-world intervention strategies to help mitigate the spread of disease.  

References:

• Substantial undocumented infection facilitates the rapid dissemination of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)
• Differential Effects of Intervention Timing on COVID-19 Spread in the United States