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Previous Simulations

BYU Operation Outbreak has facilitated student learning in college and high-school environments alike.

Winter 2021 - BYU Simulation


At this time, BYU was offering mostly hybrid classes which can affect the number of people we come in contact with. For 10 days, 450 participants attending classes could observe in real-time how their social behaviors affected their chances of virtually catching the simulated pathogen.

Date 2/19 2/20 2/21 2/22 2/23 2/24 2/25 2/26 2/27 2/28 3/1
New Contacts 3160 2609 1596 3527 3580 4053 2517 1355 564 446 795
New Cases 17 11 11 7 9 18 3 2 2 0 0
Total Cases 17 26 37 44 49 67 70 72 74 74 74
Total Deaths 4 10 12 15 14 16 20 20 21 21 22
Total Recovered - - - - - - - - - - 17
Vaccinations 0 0 0 20 37 51 58 59 59 59 60
Number of Contacts vs. Time

Winter 2021 Post-Simulation Seminar
BYU Operation Outbreak communicated the results from the simulation in a seminar on Thursday, April 8th. In this seminar, we covered topics such as:

  • Vaccine efficacy at BYU
  • College demographics and getting vaccinated
  • Vaccine complacency
  • Results from the contact tracing data
  • And many more topics!

Link to Seminar Recording

Winter 2021 - Utah Valley High-Schools

BYU Operation Outbreak members visited Utah County Academy of Sciences (UCAS) and Alpine School District (ASD) classrooms to enhance classroom curriculum and provide learning opportunities to students.