The effect of large-scale anti-contagion policies on the COVID-19 pandemic

Solomon Hsiang; Daniel Allen; Sébastien Annan-Phan; Kendon Bell; Ian Bolliger; Trinetta Chong; Hannah Druckenmiller; Luna Yue Huang; Andrew Hultgren; Emma Krasovich; Peiley Lau; Jaecheol Lee; Esther Rolf; Jeanette Tseng; Tiffany Wu

doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2404-8

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PandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Psychological interventionDevelopment economicsSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Scale (ratio)BusinessDemographic economicsEconomicsPublic economicsEnvironmental healthEconomic growthGeographyMedicineDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)

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Basic Reproduction NumberCOVID-19ChinaCoronavirus InfectionsFranceHumansIranItalyPandemicsPneumoniaViralQuarantineRepublic of KoreaSchoolsSocial IsolationUnited States

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Year: 2020
Type: article
Volume: 584
Issue: 7820
Pages: 262-267
Citations: 1482
Access: Closed

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                                    Solomon Hsiang, 
                                
                                    Daniel Allen, 
                                
                                    Sébastien Annan-Phan
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            The effect of large-scale anti-contagion policies on the COVID-19 pandemic. 
                            Nature
                            , 584
                            (7820)
                            , 262-267.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2404-8
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2404-8
PMID: 32512578

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