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SUBMITTER: Feng Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7255246 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Feng Zhilan Z Glasser John W JW Hill Andrew N AN
Mathematical biosciences 20200527
The many variations on a graphic illustrating the impact of non-pharmaceutical measures to mitigate pandemic influenza that have appeared in recent news reports about COVID-19 suggest a need to better explain the mechanism by which social distancing reduces the spread of infectious diseases. And some reports understate one benefit of reducing the frequency or proximity of interpersonal encounters, a reduction in the total number of infections. In hopes that understanding will increase compliance ...[more]