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. 2022 Jan 10;12:328. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-03687-w

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The curve that shows how the number of cases increases as the EID disaster progresses⁶¹. Beyond time point of a crisis (T_c), the medical facilities start to operate under a crisis mode. In the early stage of an EID disaster, when the healthcare capacity is adequate, the DT models with high sensitivity levels should be employed to identify patients with risk of infection progression for them to be hospitalized and receive the best treatment^9,54. In the later stages of an EID disaster, the available medical resources may be exhausted due to a tremendous increase of patients. In this scenario, the DT models with a lower sensitivity should be employed to recommend only those patients with a high risk of progressing to severe infection or death for hospitalization and thereby avoid collapse of medical facilities.