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- Title
Fall 2020 COVID-19 Growth: A Texas University Susceptible-Infected-Removed (SIR) Model.
- Authors
Penuliar, Mike; Clark, Candice; Curti, Debbie; Hudson, Cathy; Philips, Billy
- Abstract
The global pandemic of 2020 initiated by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, causing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has uprooted the education system of the United States. In fall 2020, as American colleges and universities resumed their regular instruction to the best of their abilities, outbreaks began to emerge, and university towns across the country became virus hotspots. Unfortunately, many of those outbreaks were in Texas' university towns. With many concerned, this study provides a highly accessible and modifiable epidemiological tool known as a susceptible-infectedremoved (SIR) model, uniquely tailored for educational institutions. Using case and community data, this tool allows users to see the impact of COVID-19 both historically and predictively. The results of an exemplar model using a large public research university in Texas, Texas Tech University, are discussed.
- Subjects
TEXAS; TEXAS Tech University; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19 pandemic; UNIVERSITY towns; PUBLIC universities &; colleges
- Publication
Texas Public Health Journal, 2021, Vol 73, Issue 3, p24
- ISSN
2574-5859
- Publication type
Article