Explainers
JUNIPER is very pleased to collaborate with the fantastic team at Plus Magazine. Articles and podcasts produced by Rachel Thomas and Marianne Freiberger at Plus provide an explainer on the key mathematical modelling work done by JUNIPER members to a general audience. On this page you will find explainers to key epidemic modelling concepts as well as areas of current research. Full details of all content produced with Plus is available here.
Understanding waning immunity
What can we expect from a disease for which natural or vaccine induced immunity wanes?
Why the generation time of COVID-19 is important
To work out the famous R number you need to know the time between infections.
Understanding the generation time for COVID-19
How long does it take for one person to infect another?
How to work out doubling time
The doubling time for the Omicron variant seems to be scarily fast. But how do you calculate it?
Reckoning with R: What will happen over autumn and winter?
Should we again reduce our social contacts? Is vaccinating 12-to-15-year-olds effective? What about boosters? The ready reckoner helps provide some answers.
Winter is coming: Where are we going?
What can we expect from the pandemic this winter and autumn?
COVID-19 and universities: What do we know?
What can last year's experiences tell us about the coming academic year?
On the mathematical frontline: Ellen Brooks Pollock and Leon Danon
Hear from the epidemiologists that have been fighting the pandemic in our special podcast series.