Disease transmission model says media coverage cuts infection rate and pandemic extent
Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 11:49
in Health & Medicine
At the first sign of a disease pandemic, public health officials should begin strongly communicating about the extent of the outbreak and the steps that can be taken by the public to avoid infection. That's the recommendation of two mathematical biologists who have modified the most widely used infectious disease transmission model to account for the impact of news media coverage.