3Blue1Brown is another math channel on youtube. This video goes much further than Numberphile in covering multiple variables (and different rates) and their effects on the spread of disease, and finishes with the combinations. It really brings home the importance of isolation, quarantine and all the other things the medical community have been stressing.
Both 3Blue1Brown and Numberphile reached the same peak of infection (roughly 75-80%) in a scenario where no measures are taken and the virus spreads unchecked, so they’re likely working from the same formulae.
StevoR says
FWIW Caught a bit of this doco on telly tonight :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwvUvqSilA0
What I saw of it looked pretty reasonable and interesting.
StevoR says
BBC Contagion The BBC Four Pandemic doco hosted by Dr Hannah Fry, mathematician, BBC.
StevoR says
Another hopefully interesting article and set of graphs and comparisons here :
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-26/coronavirus-covid19-global-spread-data-explained/12089028