id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-289722-cc05jqb6 Bendtsen Cano, Oliva COVID-19 Modelling: the Effects of Social Distancing 2020-03-30 .txt text/plain 2511 129 60 Day 55 is used for initiating social distancing since the simulations here showed 337 dead and 5486 sick consistent with reported numbers on 23 March 2020 when the United Kingdom initiated lockdown. In the case of perfect social distancing the mortality rate is only 0.04% (21474 dead) and the epidemic is resolved by day 90 with the number of people sick peaking on day 70. In the case of a more relaxed social distancing with R 0 = 0.50 the mortality rate is 0.13% (79781 dead) without having the epidemic resolved by day 250 and with the number of people sick peaking on day 71. Finally, if the social distancing is relaxed to R 0 = 0.75 we observe a much later peak in the number of people sick on day 112 and also a much larger mortality rate of 0.55% (330964 dead). ./cache/cord-289722-cc05jqb6.txt ./txt/cord-289722-cc05jqb6.txt