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"Age-targeted lockdown: a reasonable strategy for COVID-19 control?"
Today at 7pm-8pm (evening) Addis Ababa Time
Presenters will share results from their recent study “A Multi-Risk SIR Model with Optimally Targeted Lockdown” which examines the potential impact of a targeted lockdown of older age groups in combination with other interventions to control the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Presentation of results will be followed by a discussion of epidemiologic and ethical considerations of age-targeted lockdowns.
Link to the paper: https://economics.mit.edu/files/19698
Presenters: Daron Acemoglu (MIT), Victor Chernozhukov (MIT), Iván Werning (MIT), and Michael Whinston (MIT)
Discussants: Ruth Faden (JHU Berman Institute of Bioethics) and Jessica Metcalf (Princeton University)
Moderator: Mario Macis (JHU Carey Business School)
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The aim of this series is to provide an interdisciplinary forum to advance evidence-based decision making for COVID19 and future pandemics. We welcome researchers from Hopkins and around the country in economics, epidemiology, (bio)statistics, ethics, systems science, and beyond as well as anyone seeking to learn more about emerging models to inform COVID19 decision making. Information for our first event is as follows:
Organized by:
Hopkins Business of Health Initiative
Infectious Disease Dynamics, BSPH
JHU Modeling & Policy Hub
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