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Risk-Taking Behavior And Its Impact On Treatment, Vaccination And Diagnosing, Daniel Maxin
Risk-Taking Behavior And Its Impact On Treatment, Vaccination And Diagnosing, Daniel Maxin
Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences
We present results from two recent mathematical biology studies that address the effect of risk-taking behavior on epidemic models. We show that when risk-taking prevails over riskavoidance, it is possible to show a detrimental and counterintuitive effect from increasing vaccination and treatment rates over certain critical time intervals. In addition, when risk-taking has a cumulative effect within the population, a lower transmission rate from diagnosed infected individuals may prevent the intended effect of vaccination.