update default scaling factor
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def make_pars(set_prognoses=False, prog_by_age=True, **kwargs):
pars['pop_scale'] = 1 # Factor by which to scale the population -- e.g. pop_scale=10 with pop_size=100e3 means a population of 1 million
pars['rescale'] = 0 # Enable dynamic rescaling of the population -- starts with pop_scale=1 and scales up dynamically as the epidemic grows
pars['rescale_threshold'] = 0.05 # Fraction susceptible population that will trigger rescaling if rescaling
- pars['rescale_factor'] = 2 # Factor by which we rescale the population
+ pars['rescale_factor'] = 1.2 # Factor by which the population is rescaled
# Basic disease transmission
pars['beta'] = 0.016 # Beta per symptomatic contact; absolute value, calibrated
