Whether the Imperial code is good or bad doesn't actually matter: you can derive the headline numbers analytically, without any simulation at all [1]. (The rea

Whether the Imperial code is good or bad doesn't actually matter: you can derive the headline numbers analytically, without any simulation at all [1]. (The real problem with the worst case estimate is that it assumes people don't individually change their behavior in the face of a pandemic.) A better critique of the software engineering criticism is [2]. [1] https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1258879531022082049 https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1258879531022082049 [2] https://philbull.wordpress.com/2020/05/10/why-you-can-ignore-reviews-of-scientific-code-by-commercial-software-developers/ https://philbull.wordpress.com/2020/05/10/why-you-can-ignore...