Oxford Mathematician explains Exponential Growth for COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

University of Oxford Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford explains exponential growth in the context of an epidemic such as that for COVID-19/Coronavirus. Beginning with one primary infection we see how the number of cases increases dramatically over a period of only 30 days to more than one thousand. All sources are referenced below. The value of the reproductive number R0 = 3 is taken from current World Health Organisation estimates. Please see here for more information: https://academic.oup.com/jtm/article/... The data for the UK population is from 2018 and is sourced from Statista here: https://www.statista.com/statistics/2... The data for the COVID-19/Coronavirus death rate is from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. Please see here for more information: https://www.businessinsider.com/coron... 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...