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The COVID-19 epidemic in the Czech Republic: retrospective analysis of measures (not) implemented during the spring first wave
Jan Smycka; Rene Levinsky; Eva Hromadkova; Michal Soltes; Josef Slerka; Vit Tucek; Jan Trnka; Martin Smid; Milan Zajicek; Tomas Diviak; Roman Neruda; Petra Vidnerova; Ludek Berec.
Afiliação
  • Jan Smycka; Center for Theoretical Study, Praha, Czech Republic
  • Rene Levinsky; CERGE-EI, Praha, Czech Republic
  • Eva Hromadkova; CERGE-EI, Praha, Czech Republic
  • Michal Soltes; CERGE-EI, Praha, Czech Republic
  • Josef Slerka; New Media Studies, Faculty of Arts at the Charles University, Czech Republic
  • Vit Tucek; Department of Mathematics, University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • Jan Trnka; Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic
  • Martin Smid; Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Information Theory and Automation, Praha, Czech Republic
  • Milan Zajicek; Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Information Theory and Automation, Praha, Czech Republic
  • Tomas Diviak; Department of Criminology, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester
  • Roman Neruda; Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Computer Science, Praha, Czech Republic
  • Petra Vidnerova; Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Computer Science, Praha, Czech Republic
  • Ludek Berec; Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Preprint em En | PREPRINT-MEDRXIV | ID: ppmedrxiv-20227330
ABSTRACT
Running across the globe for more than a year, the COVID-19 pandemic keeps demonstrating its strength. Despite a lot of understanding, uncertainty regarding the efficiency of interventions still persists. We developed an age-structured epidemic model parameterized with sociological data for the Czech Republic and found that (1) delaying the spring 2020 lockdown by four days produced twice as many confirmed cases by the end of the lockdown period, (2) personal protective measures such as face masks appear more effective than just a reduction of social contacts, (3) only sheltering the elderly is by no means effective, and (4) leaving schools open is a risky strategy. Despite the onset of vaccination, an evidence-based choice and timing of non-pharmaceutical interventions still remains the most important weapon against the COVID-19 pandemic. One sentence summaryWe address several issues regarding COVID-19 interventions that still elicit controversy and pursue ignorance
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 09-preprints Base de dados: PREPRINT-MEDRXIV Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Preprint
Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 09-preprints Base de dados: PREPRINT-MEDRXIV Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Preprint