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Re:Updating Herd Immunity Models for the US: Implications fo... by vannevar on Thursday October 08, 2020 @12:37PM (#24720819)
I believe this model accounts for such individual response:

"Heterogeneity in contact structure and individual variation in infectivity, susceptibility, and resistance are key factors..." (emphasis added)

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Re:Updating Herd Immunity Models for the US: Implications fo... by AstralStorm on Thursday October 08, 2020 @12:48PM (#24720968)
In general, that's one of those anomalous diffusion problems. Unfortunately, there are too many parameters to estimate without simplifying the model. So the reasonable solution is to take a maximum expected value of each and you can still be wrong.

Important data we do not know is chiefly how effective SARS aerosols are and at what range and time.

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