Publicación: MODELS TO PREDICT THE NUMBER OF INFECTED CASES AND DEATHS FROM COVID-19 IN CHILE AND ITS MOST AFFECTED REGIONS
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2022
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DISCRETE DYNAMICS IN NATURE AND SOCIETY
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TIS PAPER DESIGNS AND IMPLEMENTS A METHODOLOGY TO MODEL THE EVOLUTION OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, PRODUCED BY THE SARS COV-2 VIRUS, IN WHAT WAS CALLED THE FRST WAVE IN CHILE, WHICH LASTED FROM MARCH 2 TO 31 OCTOBER 2020. TE MODELS ARE BASED ON SIGMOIDAL GROWTH CURVES AND CAN BE USED TO PREDICT THE NUMBER OF DAILY INFECTIONS AND DEATHS IN FUTURE DAYS, MAKING THEM A USEFUL TOOL FOR SANITARY AUTHORITIES TO MANAGE AN EPIDEMIC. TE METHODOLOGY IS APPLIED TO THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND TO EACH OF ITS MOST AFECTED REGIONS. IN ADDITION, THE DYNAMICS OF THESE MODELS ALLOW IT TO BE NURTURED WITH THE NEW INFORMATION THAT IS BEING PRODUCED
AND FORECAST A TENTATIVE DATE ON WHICH THERE WOULD BE SOME CONTROL OVER THE PANDEMIC. MOREOVER, THESE MODELS ALLOW FOR PREDICTING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INFECTED AND DECEASED PEOPLE AT THE TIME THE PANDEMIC IS UNDER CONTROL. HOWEVER, THE SIMPLICITY OF THESE MODELS, WHICH CONSIDER ONLY THE ACCUMULATED DATA OF THOSE INFECTED AND DECEASED, DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE AN INTERVENTION ANALYSIS SUCH AS VACCINATIONS, WHICH, AS IS KNOWN, ARE BEING EFECTIVE IN CONTROLLING THE PANDEMIC.
