Figure 3.
Onset times are negatively associated with the load of cases across all periods: we constructed a linear model that links the inferred onset times with the total cases for Period 1-4 (A)–(C). To ease the inference of slopes and intercepts of the models, we standardized the onset time and total cases data depicted by blue scatters. The model suggests a negative association between the onset time and load of cases, which is captured by the model mean and its 95%-credibility interval.