Understanding pandemics through molecular gas dynamics.

ABSTRACT: While the COVID-19 pandemic is over, the road ahead is still clouded by concern about new variants and other similar infectious diseases. Human society, as an inherently complex system, is inextricably linked to the dynamics of respiratory infectious diseases from the interplay of individual behaviors, social interactions, and public policies. However, comprehending and predicting large-scale pandemic evolution based on fundamental individual behavior models remains a big challenge. In this study, we analogize the spread of respiratory infectious diseases to the nonequilibrium chemical reaction in a molecular gas, another complex system. Concepts and methodologies from molecular gas dynamics are extended to elucidate the pandemic. Individuals at distinct infection stages are treated as mov

SUBMITTER: Guan YY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12671396 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature