THE VIDEO SHELF · epidemic modeling
Simulating an epidemic
3Blue1Brown builds toy SIR models to simulate how an epidemic spreads and tests scenarios like social distancing, travel restrictions, central gathering places and quarantine. It was made during the early COVID-19 outbreak.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN pointed to it during 2020 as a digestible, well-made illustration of epidemic dynamics and interventions.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- 3Blue1Brown
- Topic
- epidemic modeling
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 8
- HN mentions in dataset
- 17
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Part of 3 Blue 1 Brown's excellent latest video simulates travel restrictions and suggests they're not very effective: [VIDEO] . However, that was only for cutting travel between all communities by a factor of 4, rather than completely banning travel between two particular communities / …
foobarbecue on Hacker News · 2020-03
In Japan set to ban entry from the U.S. as early as next weekGarrett, thank you. * * * My inspiration for writing this came from watching 3Blue1Brown's YouTube video, "Simulating an epidemic": [VIDEO] His simulations cover several scenarios: - Simulating social distancing. - Having people travel to a central location (e.g. a grocery store). - What if …
kaunta on Hacker News · 2020-04
In Building a command line tool to simulate the spread of an infectionIf we can test and isolate, we can manage how the disease progresses through society, with a (very very slight, now) chance of stopping it. While not scientific, this is illustrative and well done that shows many aspects of disease spread: [VIDEO]
gilbetron on Hacker News · 2020-03
In FDA grants emergency use authorization for 5-13 minute Covid-19 test
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