Anomalous role of information diffusion in epidemic spreading

A widely held belief in network epidemiology is that information diffusion makes individuals aware of the epidemic and thus drives them to seek protections from nonpharmaceutical or pharmaceutical resources, which can help suppress its spread. However, as the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed, excessiv...

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Main Authors: Xiaochen Wang, Xuzhen Zhu, Xiaofeng Tao, Jinghua Xiao, Wei Wang, Ying-Cheng Lai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2021-02-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.013157