Pandemics in film: unraveling mathematical modeling
Speaker: Dr Jacques Belair (Universite de Montreal) Abstract: Since the origin of cinema, infectious disease outbreak films have been numerous and have displayed a wide range of pathologies, including, in addition to real or “any-resemblance-to-actual-is-pure-coincidence” viruses, vampires, zombies and aliens. A non-comprehensive overview of recent and historical instances will be presented, and a mathematical representation […]