Fig. 5.

Effect of social rewiring on the epidemic dynamics. The time course of an epidemic in a heterogeneous SIR model with $R_0=2.5$ and $\lambda =3$. During the first 100 d, a mitigation factor $\mu =0.7$ is applied. Social networks gradually rewire with a time constant ${\tau }_s=150$ d. The figure shows multiple waves. (Inset) $R_e\left(t\right)$ plotted as a function of $S\left(t\right)$. Solid black line shows the homogeneous limit reached after multiple waves.