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Title: Rotation as Contagion Mitigation

Author(s): Jeffrey Ely, Andrea Galeotti and Jakub Steiner

Publication Date: June 2020

Keyword(s): epidemic mitigation and rotation

Programme Area(s): Industrial Organization

Abstract: We study rotation schemes that govern individuals' activities within an organization during an epidemic. We optimize the frequency of rotation and degree of cross-mixing of the rotating subpopulations. Frequency affects risk over the length of diffusion within the infected subpopulation until the organization detects and/or reacts to the infection. If the reaction time is short, then such risk is undesirable since the growth of the prevalence is initially convex in time. Frequent rotation, which acts as insurance against exposure time risk, is then optimal. Infrequent rotation becomes optimal if the organization reacts slowly. Mixing of the rotating subpopulations is detrimental because it increases the share of interactions between sick and healthy individuals. However, the effect of mixing is small if the terminal prevalence is low in the absence of mixing.

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Ely, J, Galeotti, A and Steiner, J. 2020. 'Rotation as Contagion Mitigation'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=14953