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  • Conventional Susceptible, Exposed, Infected, Removed (SEIR) models predicted a severe second COVID-19 wave in the UK.
  • These models suggested potential healthcare system overwhelm and higher fatalities than the first wave.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To re-evaluate COVID-19 pandemic wave predictions using Bayesian model comparison.
  • To incorporate heterogeneity in exposure, susceptibility, and transmission dynamics.
  • To estimate the impact of these factors on disease spread and mortality.

Main Methods:

  • Employed Bayesian model comparison and dynamic causal modeling.
  • Analyzed daily COVID-19 case and death data from ten countries (USA, UK, Brazil, Italy, France, Spain, Mexico, Belgium, Germany, Canada) from January to June 2020.
  • Estimated proportions of the population with varying levels of exposure, susceptibility, and infectiousness.

Main Results:

  • Overwhelming evidence supported heterogeneity in exposure, susceptibility, and transmission across populations.
  • Lockdowns and increasing population immunity influenced viral transmission in most studied countries.
  • Minor variations in heterogeneity explained significant differences in mortality rates.
  • The best model for UK data predicted a substantially smaller second wave of fatalities compared to the first.

Conclusions:

  • Accounting for heterogeneity indicates future COVID-19 waves will be smaller than conventional models predict.
  • Heterogeneity implies that seroprevalence may underestimate effective herd immunity and the impact of public health interventions.
  • The scale of future waves is sensitive to waning immunity and the effectiveness of Find-Test-Trace-Isolate-Support programs.