From dcf4c5461585550648ee42e10b02440b5ccde048 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Specht <ispecht@college.harvard.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 11:14:19 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] restore prior on alpha

---
 R/mcmc.R | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/R/mcmc.R b/R/mcmc.R
index 0824f9f..6f59977 100644
--- a/R/mcmc.R
+++ b/R/mcmc.R
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ run_mcmc <- function(
   if(is.null(prior_params)){
     # For each of the epidemiological parameters, specify the standard deviation of the (normally-distributed) proposal density
     prior_params <- list()
-    prior_params$alpha <- c(1, 1)
+    prior_params$alpha <- c(1, 1e6)
   }
 
   if(is.null(vars)){