The role of models as a decision-making support tool rather than a guiding light in managing the COVID-19 pandemic

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Adi Niv-Yagoda (Author), Royi Barnea (Author), Efrat Rubinshtein Zilberman (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
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Reference scenarios based on mathematical models are used by public health experts to study infectious diseases. To gain insight into modeling assumptions, we analyzed the three major models that served as the basis for policy making in Israel during the COVID-19 pandemic and compared them to indepe...