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Quantifying Social Interventions for Combating COVID-19 via a Symmetry-Based Model

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  • Lei Zhang

    (Institute of Health Systems Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China)

  • Guang-Hui She

    (Institute of Health Systems Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China)

  • Yu-Rong She

    (Institute of Health Systems Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China)

  • Rong Li

    (Institute of Health Systems Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
    State Key Laboratory for Turbulence & Complex Systems, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China)

  • Zhen-Su She

    (Institute of Health Systems Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
    State Key Laboratory for Turbulence & Complex Systems, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China)

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed new features in terms of substantial changes in rates of infection, cure, and death as a result of social interventions, which significantly challenges traditional SEIR-type models. In this paper we developed a symmetry-based model for quantifying social interventions for combating COVID-19. We found that three key order parameters, separating degree ( S ) for susceptible populations, healing degree ( H ) for mild cases, and rescuing degree ( R ) for severe cases, all display logistic dynamics, establishing a novel dynamic model named SHR . Furthermore, we discovered two evolutionary patterns of healing degree with a universal power law in 23 areas in the first wave. Remarkably, the model yielded a quantitative evaluation of the dynamic back-to-zero policy in the third wave in Beijing using 12 datasets of different sizes. In conclusion, the SHR model constitutes a rational basis by which we can understand this complex epidemic and policymakers can carry out sustainable anti-epidemic measures to minimize its impact.

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  • Lei Zhang & Guang-Hui She & Yu-Rong She & Rong Li & Zhen-Su She, 2022. "Quantifying Social Interventions for Combating COVID-19 via a Symmetry-Based Model," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(1), pages 1-15, December.
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