Relieving Cost of Epidemic by Parrondo's Paradox: A COVID-19 Case Study.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19, also known as SARS-CoV-2, is a coronavirus that is highly pathogenic and virulent. It spreads very quickly through close contact, and so in response to growing numbers of cases, many countries have imposed lockdown measures to slow its spread around the globe. The purpose of a lockdown is to reduce reproduction, that is, the number of people each confirmed case infects. Lockdown measures have worked to varying extents but they come with a massive price. Nearly every individual, community, business, and economy has been affected. In this paper, switching strategies that take into account the total "cost" borne by a community in response to COVID-19 are proposed. The proposed cost function takes into account the health and well-being of the population, as well as the economic impac

SUBMITTER: Cheong KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7740105 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature