Virginia health officials have been using modeling through the pandemic to help guide policy decisions, for example, deciding that field hospitals would not be necessary.
VDH launches online tournament with prize money to help guide COVID-19 policies
When it closes next year in April, the person with the most accurate predictions will win $1,000.
By: Cameron Thompson
and last updated 2021-05-05 10:26:32-04
RICHMOND, Va. The Virginia Department of Health has launched an online tournament asking people to make predictions on the future COVID-19 pandemic and are offering up a reward to people with the most accurate guesses.
Virginia health officials have been using modeling through the pandemic to help guide policy decisions, for example, deciding that field hospitals would not be necessary. Whether we increase our vigilance or whether we relax it or, you know, what will happen when if different variants move in, Justin Crow, the director of the Social Epidemiology Division at the Virginia Department of Health, said