Strategies to Rein in Disease Epidemics Need to be Retooled for Rural Populations, Say Computer Engineers

Strategies to mitigate disease epidemics in cities will not be so effective in rural areas, according to computer engineers, because in cities, people have a lot of informal contact with one another but looser ties. Rural residents also report being more likely to visit and interact with others during an epidemic.

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