Can we simply reboot 2020? Definitely not. But, if so, could we have prepared better for the COVID-19? Most media attention focused on intervention measures to “flatten the curve” such as social distancing, stay-at-home order, mandatory face masks, etc. Another equally important approach to combat an epidemic is through contingency planning and medical resources allocation. […]

The Terry Group is a Chicago-based actuarial consulting firm focusing on health care and pensions. The firm is made up of 25 individuals, and includes actuaries, researchers and clinicians. The project was designed for the I-Risk Lab to assist the Terry Group in building a forecasting model using the programming language R.  The goal of the […]