Nonlinear dynamics of COVID-19 pandemic: modeling, control, and future perspectives

• Author(s): Machado, J. A. Tenreiro ; Ma, Jun
• Date: 2020
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/19410
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto
• Subject(s): COVID-19 pandemic; Nonlinear dynamics
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): REPOSITÓRIO P.PORTO

Description

Throughout the history of humankind, we find innumerable records of pandemics and devastating diseases, such as, to mention but a few, the Black Death, in the fourteenth century, or the 1918 Spanish flu, that led to millions of deaths. With the scientific advances of the last century, public opinion feels that such events are no longer likely to occur, but that is clearly a false belief. Yet there is some truth in this, since sci- ence can help society overcome these grand challenges. Friedrich Nietzsche said, “Illness is a clumsy attempt to arrive at health: we must come to nature’s aid with intellect.” However, we can ask ourselves if we are prepared for such dramatic crisis.