Simulating COVID-19 Trajectory in the UAE and the Impact of Possible Intervention Scenarios
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Abstract
This paper aims to simulate the current trajectory of the pandemic growth in the UAE; when it is likely to end and at what cost?It also examines the current and additional possible measures to contain the second wave of the pandemic.The method used is a simple Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) model called covid19_scenarios.The key finding suggests current intervention is 35 -45% and effective, and based on keeping them, the pandemic curve in the UAE is expected to be flattened around the fourth quarter of 2022 with the maximum saved lives and lowest burden on the healthcare system.In contrast, it can end earlier at the end of the second quarter of 2021 but at a much higher fatality rate and a health system ready with 3,600 intensive care units.It also revealed that country closure has a minor impact, and severe and fatal cases will continue to appear even after vaccinating the whole community.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.005 | 0.014 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it