Abstract
Peer Review of “Impact of COVID-19 Testing Strategies and Lockdowns on Disease Management Across Europe, South America, and the United States: Analysis Using Skew-Normal Distributions”
Highlights
This is a peer-review report submitted for the paper "COVID-19 Testing Strategies and Lockdowns: The European Closed Curves, Analyzed by Skew-Normal Distributions, Forecasts for the United Kingdom, Sweden, and the United States, and the Ongoing Outbreak in Brazil."
My suggestion is that the author should focus on one specific issue about the COVID-19 pandemic; for example: when will adequate herd immunity be established in Sweden, the United Kingdom, and other European countries per the curves? Or how many people will die in the coming months in some European countries? Or which control strategy is the best or better for European countries? the author should give a clear answer to the question through mathematical calculations
I understand it is tough for a mathematical researcher to conduct this work as they need to acquire a lot of knowledge in virology, immunology, and infectious diseases
Summary
This is a peer-review report submitted for the paper "COVID-19 Testing Strategies and Lockdowns: The European Closed Curves, Analyzed by Skew-Normal Distributions, Forecasts for the United Kingdom, Sweden, and the United States, and the Ongoing Outbreak in Brazil.". The title, abstract, and text of this manuscript [1] all aim to answer multiple questions pertaining to the dynamics and control of the COVID-19 pandemic in multiple regions/countries, using mathematical methods. Neither of the questions nor the answers are clear, and the author has not completed any “translation” work, that is, translating mathematical calculation into descriptions, predictions, and control strategies of the pandemic. My suggestion is that the author should focus on one specific issue about the COVID-19 pandemic; for example: when will adequate herd immunity be established in Sweden, the United Kingdom, and other European countries per the curves?
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