The COVID-19 epidemic curves are consistent and follow the Gompertz curve. Similar distributions have been reported for Influenza, such as the 1918/19 epidemic in Prussia.
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https://tbiomed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1742-4682-4-20
The COVID-19 epidemic curves are consistent and follow the Gompertz curve. Similar distributions have been reported for Influenza, such as the 1918/19 epidemic in Prussia.
https://tbiomed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1742-4682-4-20