Comment by lbeltrame

Some people have raised issues with the model[1][2], or rather, the software implementation of it.

There's also a (flagged) submission on HN discussing this[3] referencing [1].

[1] (warning: possibly partisan link) https://lockdownsceptics.org/code-review-of-fergusons-model/

[2] https://github.com/mrc-ide/covid-sim/issues/165

[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23099212