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Re:Leaked grant proposal details high-risk coronavirus research by teh_klev on Friday September 24, 2021 @09:14PM (#28649502)
Sorry, but epidemiologists have no ability to make these predictions. Epidemiologists generally work in the field of "who, when, and where" based on historical data evidence.
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Re:Leaked grant proposal details high-risk coronavirus research by leereeves on Friday September 24, 2021 @09:19PM (#28649540)
Mathematical disease modelling is also part of epidemiology. You may have seen their work discussed in the press early in the COVID epidemic when they predicted the possible death count and the likely impact of various interventions.
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Re:Leaked grant proposal details high-risk coronavirus research by teh_klev on Friday September 24, 2021 @09:28PM (#28649598)
Well what were their predictions vs actual outcome?
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Re:Leaked grant proposal details high-risk coronavirus research by diatone on Saturday September 25, 2021 @12:08AM (#28650445)
Speaking from experience, last year we had an outbreak in Melbourne, Australia. The local government's response was guided by modelling from epidemiologists (and others), and went on to match the peak and length of the outbreak to the model's estimations almost down to the day[0].

[0]: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-29/coronavirus-melbourne...

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Re:Leaked grant proposal details high-risk coronavirus research by runsWphotons on Saturday September 25, 2021 @03:20AM (#28651198)
They seem to be doing fairly well now, as well.
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