Coefficient to scale transmission by public concern about the pandemic
Source:R/social_distancing.R
get_distancing_coefficient.RdThe social distancing coefficient is a value between 1.0 and an arbitrary lower limit, which is used to scale the transmission rate and represents public concern around the pandemic. The coefficient is 1.0 when there are no deaths, and reduces asymptotically to the lower limit as deaths increase. Social distancing begins when closures begin, and ends when vaccination is complete (not yet implemented).
Arguments
- new_deaths
The number of new deaths at time
t.- rate
The proportional reduction of social contacts due to each additional death. Defaults to 0.01, or a 0.1% decrease for each additional death.
- lower_limit
The lower limit to which social contacts can be reduced. Defaults to 0.2, which is equivalent to a greater than a 50% reduction in incoming and outgoing contacts.