Exponential growth and epidemics

Why it was recommended

Here is a neat video that helps put things in perspective for most any viewer.

Recommendationwillis936 · Original2020-03

What it covers

A short 3Blue1Brown primer on exponential and logistic growth, using early COVID-19 case data to show how epidemics grow and eventually level off. It explains why small. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel

3Blue1Brown

Length

8 min 57 sec

Year

2020

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