Symptomatic isolation alone would not significantly reduce the population burden for a 'virtual' Pandemic Flu.

Summary of the model results from runs showing the percent infected and days to reach the percent infected for three 'virtual' viruses with different levels of symptomatic isolation policies.

Results from S-I-R model 5.1 based on different values for the onset and duration of symptoms; and incubation infectivity. The model runs include light touch (20%), middle ground (50%), and strict controls (80%) of symptomatic isolation,
Chart: Bob HawkinsSource: SIR model with symptomatic isolation policy (5.1)Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper