Instructor Notes

Instructor notes

Create a short-term forecast


Estimation of outbreak severity


Instructor Note

The periods are relevant: Period 1 – 15 days where CFR is zero to indicate this is due to no reported deaths; Period from Mar 15 – Apr 26 where CFR appears to be rising; Period Apr 30 – May 30 where the CFR estimate stabilises.



Instructor Note

We can showcase this last bias using the concept described in this {cfr} vignette.



Account for superspreading


Simulate transmission chains