Opinion: We need to forecast epidemics like we forecast the weather
Disease-modeling communities around the world have been working tirelessly since January to predict how and where Covid-19 will spread, with some real successes. A host of models have illustrated how, with the right resources, we can create relatively accurate disease forecasts that give communities and public health officials an idea of what to expect — and time to prepare.
But what if we could forecast epidemics regularly, before there’s a global crisis? That notion is inching closer to reality.
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