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Individual crisis awareness significantly suppresses epidemic spreading. Higher information creation and sensitivity reduce vaccine needs, benefiting resource-limited regions.

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Area of Science:

  • Epidemiology
  • Network Science
  • Computational Social Science

Background:

  • Epidemic spreading research often focuses on network topology.
  • The role of individual crisis awareness in epidemic dynamics is understudied.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how individual crisis awareness influences epidemic spreading.
  • To introduce a susceptible-infected-recovered (SIR) model incorporating information-driven vaccination.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a SIR model with two parameters: information creation rate (λ) and information sensitivity (η).
  • Analyzed epidemic spreading in both homogeneous and heterogeneous networks.

Main Results:

  • High levels of information creation rate (λ) and information sensitivity (η) significantly suppress epidemic spreading.
  • Effective information dissemination substantially reduces the required vaccination doses.

Conclusions:

  • Individual crisis awareness is a crucial factor in controlling epidemics.
  • Information-driven vaccination strategies can be resource-efficient, particularly for developing regions.