Ferguson's Model and Its Implications

We have had several submissions in the past couple of days about the Ferguson code.

For those that don't know - the Ferguson code, also known as the Ferguson Model or the Imperial College Model, is the epidemiology prediction software and the underlying model upon which the UK government is basing all its decisions relating to combating CV-19.

It appears that there is some question about the accuracy of the model and the repeatability of its predictions.

Thanks to NPC-131072, FatPhil, and nutherguy for their submissions. Details begin below the fold.

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