Jessica Davis

Closing borders can delay, but can’t stop the spread of COVID-19, new report says

Travel restrictions will not stop the spread of COVID-19, but observing quarantines and avoiding public events gives us a chance to slow the epidemic, says Matteo Chinazzi, a research scientist in the Network Science Institute. “Closing airports will buy you time, but it’s not enough.”
- by Emily Arntsen March 6, 2020
How can we stop the spread of false rumors about COVID-19? Better math.

Rumors travel fast, just like all information on the internet. Northeastern professor Alessandro Vespignani and doctoral student Jessica Davis want to model how those rumors spread, as well as the conditions that allow for their propagation.
- by Roberto Molar Candanosa March 2, 2020

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