Table 2 Occupation-based intervention strategies.
From: The network limits of infectious disease control via occupation-based targeting
Strategy number | Name | Description | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
\(-\)1 | Baseline | No workers are furloughed. Epidemic proceeds uninhibited. | |
0 | Work From Home | All workers who can work from home have work and transport links cut. | 40% of workers are able to WFH14 |
1 | Random | In addition to those who can work from home (strategy 0), send home n% of remaining workers at random. | |
2 | Most connected | Additionally to strategy 0, send home n% of remaining workers ordered by contact degree (from highest to lowest). | |
3 | Least Essential | Additionally to strategy 0, send home n% of remaining workers ordered by ‘essentialness’ (from lowest essential score to highest). | |
4 | Cheapest | Additionally to strategy 0, send home n% of remaining workers ordered by wage (from lowest to highest). | |
5 | Centrality | Additionally to strategy 0, send home n% of remaining workers ordered by network centrality (from highest to lowest). | We consider various centrality metrics (see SI) and report the best performing HDA |
6 | Control | Additionally to strategy 0, send home n% of nodes ordered by degree, prioritising control nodes. | We consider the Switchboard model64,65. We find 47.9% of nodes are identified as control nodes |
