We construct an agent-based SEIR model to simulate COVID-19 spread at a 16000-student mostly non-residential urban university during the Fall 2021 Semester. We find that mRNA vaccine coverage at 100% combined with weekly screening testing of 25% of the campus population make it possible to safely reopen to in-person instruction. Our simulations exhibit a right-skew for total infections over the semester that becomes more pronounced with less vaccine coverage, less vaccine effectiveness and no additional preventative measures. This suggests that high levels of infection are not exceedingly rare with campus social connections the main transmission route. Finally, we find that if vaccine coverage is 100% and vaccine effectiveness is above 80%, then a safe reopening is possible even without facemask use. This models possible future scenarios with high coverage of additional "booster" doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
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Can Commun Dis Rep
April 2023
Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON.
Background: In December 2020, Canada began its coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine rollout campaign. Canadians were vaccinated with differing time intervals between doses, vaccine products and vaccine schedules, based on age, timing of vaccination and jurisdiction. The objective of this study is to describe the epidemiology and association between the incidence of COVID-19 cases following vaccination, time since completion of primary series, time between doses and/or product combination and probability of developing severe outcomes.
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