# Pandemic Modeling Explained in Cartoon Format

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-modeling-explained-in-cartoon-format/851706>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [April 13, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-modeling-explained-in-cartoon-format/851706 "2020-04-13T17:20:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-modeling-explained-in-cartoon-format/851706/1 "2020-04-13T17:20:34Z")

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Five Thirty Eight . com is carrying Zack Wienersmith’s lengthy cartoon explaining the difficulty of coronavirus pandemic modeling.

> **[A Comic Strip Tour Of The Wild World Of Pandemic Modeling](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-comic-strip-tour-of-the-wild-world-of-pandemic-modeling/)**
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> Check out all the latest coronavirus polling we’ve collected.

Weinersmith is the creator of the sarcastic science-themed webcomic _Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal_.

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-modeling-explained-in-cartoon-format/851706/2 "2020-04-13T17:57:43Z")

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Thanks for that.

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-modeling-explained-in-cartoon-format/851706/3 "2020-04-13T18:09:23Z")

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> [@Sailboat](#):
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> Five Thirty Eight . com is carrying Zack Wienersmith’s lengthy cartoon explaining the difficulty of coronavirus pandemic modeling.
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> [A Comic Strip Tour Of The Wild World Of Pandemic Modeling | FiveThirtyEight](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-comic-strip-tour-of-the-wild-world-of-pandemic-modeling/)
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> Weinersmith is the creator of the sarcastic science-themed webcomic _Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal_.

I read SMBC every day, and got referred to 538 this morning.

It is a fascinating, easily-followed article, and an important read.