{"id":6767,"date":"2020-05-11T16:37:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T23:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=6767"},"modified":"2021-03-17T16:37:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T23:37:53","slug":"segmentation-and-shielding-of-the-most-vulnerable-members-of-the-population-as-elements-of-an-exit-strategy-from-covid-19-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/05\/11\/segmentation-and-shielding-of-the-most-vulnerable-members-of-the-population-as-elements-of-an-exit-strategy-from-covid-19-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Segmentation and shielding of the most vulnerable members of the population as elements of an exit strategy from COVID-19 lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"34\" data-aria-posinset=\"2019\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bunnik<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0et al. found that adoption of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a segmenting and shielding<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0strategy\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to protect older adults and persons with underlying medical conditions\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">could\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">allow for<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0partial exit\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">from\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">COVID-19 lockdown\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">measures in the UK\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">while limiting the risk of an overwhelming second wave of infection.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"34\" data-aria-posinset=\"2019\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The range of options for relaxation can be increased by maintaining restrictions and intensive routine screening of vulnerable population<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and their closest contacts. The outcome of future policy is strongly influenced by the contact matrix between segments and the relationships between physical distancing measures and transmission rates. Close monitoring of the epidemic would be essential during and after the exit from lockdown.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Bunnik<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0et al. (May 8, 2020).<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Segmentation and shielding of the most vulnerable members of the population as elements of an exit strategy from COVID-19 lockdown. Pre-print downloaded May 11 from\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2020.05.04.20090597\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2020.05.04.20090597<\/span><\/a><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bunnik\u00a0et al. found that adoption of\u00a0a segmenting and shielding\u00a0strategy\u00a0to protect older adults and persons with underlying medical conditions\u00a0could\u00a0allow for\u00a0partial exit\u00a0from\u00a0COVID-19 lockdown\u00a0measures in the UK\u00a0while limiting the risk of an overwhelming second wave of infection.\u00a0 The range of options for relaxation can be increased by maintaining restrictions and intensive routine screening of vulnerable populations\u00a0and their closest&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/05\/11\/segmentation-and-shielding-of-the-most-vulnerable-members-of-the-population-as-elements-of-an-exit-strategy-from-covid-19-lockdown\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"topic":[23],"class_list":["post-6767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-summary","topic-modeling-and-prediction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6768,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6767\/revisions\/6768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6767"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=6767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}