reproductive_numbers

This repository contains a colection of real-time R_t estimates by various research groups. See the subfolders of data-processed for the respective sources and licenses. This repository is required to run codes provided here to reproduce results from Brockhaus et al: Why are different estimates of the effective reproductive number so different? A case study on COVID-19 in Germany.

Structure of the repository:

• data-processed contains estimates in a standardized format.
• data-raw contains estimates in the format used by the respective research teams in their repositories.
• code contains codes used to translate form the original to the standardized format.