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Modelling has been used extensively by all national governments and the World Health in deciding on the best strategies to pursue in mitigating the effects of COVID19. Principally these have been epidemiological models aimed at understanding the spread of disease and the impacts of different interventions. But a global pandemic generates a large of problems and questions, not just those related to disease transmission, and each a different model to find the best solution. In this article we identify challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic and discuss how simulation modelling could help to decision-makers in making the most informed decisions. Modellers should see the as a call to arms and decision-makers as a guide to what support is available from the community.
Currie et al. (Thu,) studied this question.