Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

March 25, 2020

Social distancing strategies for curbing the COVID-19 epidemic

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  • Using a mathematical model, the authors suggest that one-time social distancing intervention may be insufficient to maintain COVID-19 prevalence within the critical care capacity of the US.
  • Intermittent social distancing may be necessary into 2022 in the absence of additional interventions like new therapeutics, vaccines or aggressive contact tracing and quarantine.

Kissler et al. (March 24, 2020). Social distancing strategies for curbing the COVID-19 epidemic. Pre-print downloaded Mar 25 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.22.20041079