Understanding the timeline of a disease's progression is essential for several reasons:
- Epidemic Modeling: Accurate timelines help in developing models to predict the spread of diseases and the impact of various intervention strategies. - Public Health Interventions: Knowing when individuals are most infectious or when symptoms are likely to appear can guide public health policies such as quarantine, vaccination, and other control measures. - Resource Allocation: Health systems can better allocate resources like hospital beds, medications, and medical staff if they know the expected timeline of an outbreak.
