Oxford Mathematician explains SIR Travelling Wave Disease Model for COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

The SIR model is one of the simplest ways to understand the spread of a disease such as COVID-19 (Coronavirus) through a population. Allowing the movement of populations makes the model slightly more realistic and results in ‘Travelling Wave’ solutions. Watch the first video on the basic SIR model here:    • Oxford Mathematician explains SIR Disease ...   In this video, University of Oxford Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford explains how including population migration modifies the original SIR model. He then goes on to use the results of the model to answer two important questions: 1. How fast will the disease spread? 11:13 2. How severe will the epidemic be? 16:23 The answers to these questions are discussed in the context of the current COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak. The model tells us that to reduce the impact of the disease we need to lower the ‘contact ratio’ as much as possible – which is exactly what current social distancing measures are designed to do. The third video including an Incubation Time in the SIR disease model is here:    • Oxford Mathematician explains SIR Incubati...   Produced by Dr Tom Crawford at the University of Oxford. For more maths content check out Tom's website https://tomrocksmaths.com/ You can also follow Tom on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @tomrocksmaths   / tomrocksmaths     / tomrocksmaths     / tomrocksmaths   Get your Tom Rocks Maths merchandise here: https://beautifulequations.net/collec...