Vertical social distancing policy is ineffective to contain the COVID-19 pandemic

• Main Authors: Luiz Henrique Duczmal (Author), Alexandre Celestino Leite Almeida (Author), Denise Bulgarelli Duczmal (Author), Claudia Regina Lindgren Alves (Author), Flávia Costa Oliveira Magalhães (Author), Max Sousa de Lima (Author), Ivair Ramos Silva (Author), Ricardo Hiroshi Caldeira Takahashi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract: Considering numerical simulations, this study shows that the so-called vertical social distancing health policy is ineffective to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. We present the SEIR-Net model, for a network of social group interactions, as a development of the classic mathematical model of...