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added SVI as a factor to consider within the population#394

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added SVI as a factor to consider within the population#394
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SVI (social vulnerability index) is a factor that should be considered within Covasim, as it will allow us to better represent minority communities. This proposed code builds off a paper by the NIH which proposes that people with an SVI above 150% have a 65% increase in their chance of becoming symptomatic of covid, given that they are exposed.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7318979/

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Thanks @gwitchel! We'll take a look at including this in the next release of Covasim.

@cliffckerr cliffckerr added the enhancement New feature or request label Jan 3, 2023
@cliffckerr cliffckerr self-assigned this Jan 3, 2023
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