Ohio coronavirus model discrepancies leave some with questions
WEWS-ABC-5: David Gurarie, a professor in the Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, responded to a report from MetroHealth System that indicated the peak for COVID-19 in Cuyahoga County may be significantly lower in the number of infections than originally expected, and that the county could see sustained impact driven by clusters of infection rather than a single large surge: “Unfortunately there are many uncertain things about COVID that is very difficult at the moment to include,” said Gurarie, who added that such models will have a margin of error because there are still unknowns on how coronavirus spreads. “That’s why you have big disparities in their predictions.”