Coronavirus: US death toll would have been halved had it acted 4 days sooner, study says
World / United States & Canada
Coronavirus: US death toll would have been halved had it acted 4 days sooner, study says
Growth rate for new infections, fatalities slowed dramatically after introduction of self-isolation measures and wearing of face masks, American researchers sayHad Washington acted even a month after Beijing shut down Wuhan, human cost would have been a fraction of what it is today, they say
Topic | Coronavirus pandemic
Stephen Chen in Beijing
Published: 12:00am, 8 May, 2020
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3083368/coronavirus-us-death-toll-would-have-been-halved
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in the United States could have been more than halved if authorities had acted more swiftly in recommending self-isolation and the wearing of face masks, according to a new study.
Several US states began issuing stay-at-home orders in late March, while federal health authorities began recommending the use of face masks for all in early April. However, had such measures been implemented just four days earlier, the roughly 2,000 Covid-19 deaths currently being recorded each day would have been cut to less than 1,000, the study said.
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