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SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

This variation in R0 across individuals in a population can be quantified, and this quantity can have subtle but important effects on the course of an epidemic. The higher this variation (or dispersion), the more likely an epidemic will feature both super-spreading events and dead-end transmission chains. That is, an epidemic involving a population

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The more a Susceptible individual is informed – about numbers, places, patient concentrations in hospitals – the more their behavior will adjust to the context. Of course, this is not always the case – there will always be someone who reacts unpredictably – but most of us are equipped with reasoning skills. Scientific simulations take into account

Toutes celles et ceux qui, au cours de l’histoire, ont voulu faire avancer le genre humain vers plus de rationalité, de rigueur scientifique, de débats démocratiques ouverts, ont été confrontés à des « bulles informatives » formidablement efficaces. Lisez ou relisez l’histoire des premiers philosophes grecs, des premiers démocrates, des penseurs de

Terrorists don’t think like army generals. Instead, they think like theater producers. The public memory of the 9/11 attacks testifies that everyone understands this intuitively.