This is exactly what happened. Now the UW model has been readjusted to predict 134k deaths total. The new model still suffers from the same flaw: it assumes something will change in May/June to cause the epidemic's trajectory to suddenly change direction and get under control.https://twitter.com/fchollet/status/1256297472407662593 …
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As demonstrated with their actual data by
@NateSilver538 ...pic.twitter.com/6lis16F2Ot
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Any model using curve fitting will fail in this situation. Why fit a curve when there are SIR models that simulate the dynamics of disease spread?
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Presumably, based on the cubic model, deaths will then go negative!
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My model forecasts 140k deaths by early June based on total deaths, and slope of last 10 days.
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