Breaking news from early 2020: the first confirmed human‐to‐human transfer of a novel coronavirus outside Wuhan rocked the world. Within weeks, every continent felt the impact. Hospitals scrambled. Lockdowns were ordered. And the question on everyone’s mind was: when will this peak? In this video, we’ll cover why we need a simple model, how it works, a quick qualitative look at its behavior, how we get actual numbers with a computer, and finally, why we can trust the results we see.
