Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation COVID model
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation COVID model, also called the "Chris Murray model" after the IHME director, is an epidemiological model for COVID-19 developed at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington in Seattle. The model has been termed "perhaps the most widely cited coronavirus model" by The Colorado Sun, and "America's most influential coronavirus model" by The Washington Post. Its projections were cited during White House briefings in March–April 2020.
Critics say the model uses flawed methods and should not guide U.S. policies.
In late April, 2020, the IHME published estimates of when states could relax social distancing measures and begin to reopen their economies in relative safety, using data from the model.
