The unintended consequences of inconsistent pandemic control policies.

ABSTRACT: Controlling the spread of COVID-19 - even after a licensed vaccine is available - requires the effective use of non-pharmaceutical interventions, e.g., physical distancing, limits on group sizes, mask wearing, etc^1-7. To date, such interventions have not been uniformly and/or systematically implemented across the United States of America (US)⁸. For example, even when under strict stay-at-home orders, numerous jurisdictions in the US granted exceptions and/or were in close proximity to locations with entirely different regulations in place. Here, we investigate the impact of such geographic inconsistencies in epidemic control policies by coupling high-resolution mobility, search, and COVID case data to a mathematical model of SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Our results show t

SUBMITTER: Althouse BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7457624 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature