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Effective Infection Opportunity Population (EIOP) Hypothesis in Applying SIR Infection Theory

The SIR infection theory initiated by Kermack-Mckendrick in 1927 discusses the infection in an isolated population with uniform properties such as the uniform population distribution. In the infection, there exist two aspects: (1) The quantitative aspect and (2) the temporal aspect. Since the SIR theory is a mean-field theory, it can't match both aspects simultaneously. If the quantitative aspect is matched, the temporal aspect can't be matched, versa. The infection starts from a cluster, and it spreads to different places increasing the size of the infection. In general, even in the case of the infection in a big city, the infection grows within a limited population. Namiki found and named this kind of population as an effective population. He proposes that if the hypothesis is adopted, the quantitative and temporal aspects can be matched simultaneously.