Stay-at-home orders significantly associated with reduced spread of COVID-19, study finds

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/bu-sos081220.php

 

 

News Release 12-Aug-2020
Brown University

 

 

Across the globe, COVID-19 has infected more than 18 million people to date and has killed hundreds of thousands -- and the United States has been hit especially hard. Although the U.S. comprises just 4.2% of the global population, it accounted for approximately 33% of all reported infections by the end of April.

However, the majority of U.S. states eventually imposed stay-at-home orders, and those orders appear to have significantly slowed the spread of the disease for the nation as a whole.

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