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Infectious disease modeller/epidemiologist. Director of J-IDEA and the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis

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    neil_ferguson‏Verified account @neil_ferguson 22 Mar 2020

    I’m conscious that lots of people would like to see and run the pandemic simulation code we are using to model control measures against COVID-19. To explain the background - I wrote the code (thousands of lines of undocumented C) 13+ years ago to model flu pandemics...

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      2. neil_ferguson‏Verified account @neil_ferguson 22 Mar 2020

        I am happy to say that @Microsoft and @GitHub are working with @Imperial_JIDEA and @MRC_Outbreak to document, refactor and extend the code to allow others to use without the multiple days training it would currently require (and which we don’t have time to give)...

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      3. neil_ferguson‏Verified account @neil_ferguson 22 Mar 2020

        They are also working with us to develop a web-based front end to allow public health policy makers from around the world to make use of the model in planning. We hope to make v1 releases of both the source and front end in the next 7-10 days...

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      4. neil_ferguson‏Verified account @neil_ferguson 22 Mar 2020

        That timescale reflects the balancing of those priorities with the multitude of other urgent policy-relevant COVID-19 questions we are addressing....

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      5. neil_ferguson‏Verified account @neil_ferguson 22 Mar 2020

        As well as the partners listed above, I would also like to thank all the other individuals and orgs who have offered to help. It is appreciated, but we only have limited bandwidth to manage such partnerships right now. We hope to bring more partners on board over time.

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      2. Ted Suzman‏ @RoboTeddy 22 Mar 2020
        Replying to @neil_ferguson

        Thank you for making this more available! How are you feeling?

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      3. Richie NJ Richard‏ @ImpactMovie 22 Mar 2020
        Replying to @RoboTeddy @neil_ferguson

        Yes how are you feeling? Please update us. We're concerned about you.

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      1. Bruno‏ @Italyseriusly 22 Mar 2020
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        How are you?

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      2. Dr Duncan Robertson‏ @Dr_D_Robertson 22 Mar 2020
        Replying to @neil_ferguson

        Oh, and Charley Says Social Distancing Here's a video I made about #SocialDistancing "Treat everyone else as if they’re about to catch fire... and you’re a lit match."pic.twitter.com/qD6W5t6QhZ

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      1. ʀaмpaʀт‏ @imthemadridista 22 Mar 2020
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        How are you feeling Neil?

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