A chart depicting the COVID-19 epidemic curve from the “COVID-19: Modelling and Potential Scenarios” presentation prepared for the Ontario government.

Modelling the spread of COVID-19

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As Ontario works to contain the spread of COVID-19, the provincial government is drawing on the expertise of researchers from its universities. Troy Day, Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Queen’s, has been chosen to serve on the Provincial COVID-19 Modelling Consensus Table. On Monday, Ontario released new models projecting the future spread of the virus in the province. The Queen’s Gazette connected with Dr. Day to learn about his role at the table that generates these models and also to hear his thoughts about the state of the pandemic in Ontario….

https://www.queensu.ca/research/articles/modelling-spread-covid-19?utm_campaign=research-covid-19&utm_medium=social&utm_source=tw-queens

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