Model predicts limited spread of Swine Flu

By Edward Harrison On May 2, 2009

This is a pretty cool video from New Scientist. This team of modelers has come up with a way to model human mobility using data from dollar bill tracking site Where’s George? The result is a model that tracks smaller human movements, unlike airline traffic data. These modelers have determined worst case scenarios for the spread of Swine Flu. The result of their analysis is pretty comforting. Take a look

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Edward Harrison is a senior Editor at Bloomberg. He is also the founder of Credit Writedowns newsletter, a former career diplomat, investment banker and technology executive with over twenty five years of business experience. He speaks six languages and reads another five, skills he uses to provide a more global perspective. Edward holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and a BA in Economics from Dartmouth College.

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