Several authors have written articles or created videos about the spread of infectious disease and how it can be modeled with simulations. These articles include visualizations that help illustrate the mathematics behind the simulations. Some include interactive features; others show visuals representing different cases.
- How Herd Immunity Works – And What Stands In Its Way. National Public Radio, 18 February 2021.
- Simulating an epidemic. 3Blue1Brown, 27 March 2020.
- Outbreak. Kevin Simler, Melting Asphalt, 17 March 2020.
- Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve”. Harry Stevens, Washington Post, 14 March 2020.
- Exponential growth and epidemics. 3Blue1Brown, 8 March 2020.
- Ethics of Access: Vaccines and Insulin. Genome Sciences Education Outreach at the University of Washington
If you want to investigate simulations of disease spread yourself, check out this list of educational games and interactive simulations about disease and medical responses to it.
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