Effects of Cocooning on Coronavirus Disease Rates after Relaxing Social Distancing.

ABSTRACT: As coronavirus disease spreads throughout the United States, policymakers are contemplating reinstatement and relaxation of shelter-in-place orders. By using a model capturing high-risk populations and transmission rates estimated from hospitalization data, we found that postponing relaxation will only delay future disease waves. Cocooning vulnerable populations can prevent overwhelming medical surges.

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7706923 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature