The ‘Microfoundations’ of the Epidemic Curve – How Does the Virus Spread at the Individual Level?

The ‘Microfoundations’ of the Epidemic Curve – How Does the Virus Spread at the Individual Level?

We build a simple model of how the virus spreads from person to person, and show how the model can generate an epidemic curve. 

Topics

  • microfoundations
  • infection rate
  • epidemic
  • network diagram
  • virus spread
  • epidemic curve
  • COVID-19