Learning lessons from a crisis

摘要

Anewspaper article in the earlier stages of the coronavirus pandemic used a headline that many of us working in transport could relate to: ‘Coronavirus exposes the problems and pitfalls of modelling' (The Guardian 26 March 2020). The need for, and reliance on, epidemiological modelling in this particular case has been exceptional and very visible to a public seeking answers, rather than wanting to understand how these were derived.