Yesterday's post received a lot of debate regarding the efficacy (effectiveness) of social distancing. Well, guess what! There’s a study for that… It actually just came out two days ago (July 30). And there’s a lot to unpack. This study evaluated whether social distancing mitigates spread. Spoiler: It does. BUT, and this is a big but, it's dependent on whether the response was coordinated or not. These scientists looked at 134 nations and compared the impact of their social distancing policies. Briefly:
Social distancing
Social distancing
Social distancing
Yesterday's post received a lot of debate regarding the efficacy (effectiveness) of social distancing. Well, guess what! There’s a study for that… It actually just came out two days ago (July 30). And there’s a lot to unpack. This study evaluated whether social distancing mitigates spread. Spoiler: It does. BUT, and this is a big but, it's dependent on whether the response was coordinated or not. These scientists looked at 134 nations and compared the impact of their social distancing policies. Briefly: