How to Explain the Relation Between Different Empirical Covid-19 Self-Isolation Periods

Authors

Christian Servin, El Paso Community CollegeFollow
Olga Kosheleva, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Vladik Kreinovich, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow

Publication Date

10-2020

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Technical Report: UTEP-CS-20-102

Abstract

Empirical data implies that, to avoid infecting others, an asymptomatic career of Covid-19 should self-isolate for a period of 10 days, a patient who experiences symptoms for 20 days, and a person who was in contact with a Covid-19 patient should self-isolate for 14 days. In this paper, we use Laplace's Principle of Insufficient Reason to provide a simple explanation for the relation between these three self-isolation periods.