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2020•JAMA Health ForumOpen access

Taking Shelter From the COVID-19 Storm

John Z. Ayanian

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Until an effective vaccine to protect against COVID-19 becomes widely available, the US and other countries around the world will continue to cope with the unpredictable spread of this viral infection that is too often deadly.Based on the new study by Lyu and Wehby 3 in JAMA Network Open and other similar research, evidence is growing that orders to shelter at home have been a blunt but effective tool for slowing the initial surge of new infections.Societies must now implement more refined and vigorous approaches to widely test, trace, and isolate those who are unknowingly infected before they can spread the virus to other individuals in their communities.

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Until an effective vaccine to protect against COVID-19 becomes widely available, the US and other countries around the world will continue to cope with the unpredictable spread of this viral infection that is too often deadly.Based on the new study by Lyu and Wehby 3 in JAMA Network Open and other similar research, evidence is growing that orders to shelter at home have been a blunt but effective tool for slowing the initial surge of new infections.Societies must now implement more refined and vigorous approaches to widely test, trace, and isolate those who are unknowingly infected before they can spread the virus to other individuals in their communities.

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Until an effective vaccine to protect against COVID-19 becomes widely available, the US and other countries around the world will continue to cope with the unpredictable spread of this viral infection that is too often deadly.Based on the new study by Lyu and Wehby 3 in JAMA Network Open and other similar research, evidence is growing that orders to shelter at home have been a blunt but effective tool for slowing the initial surge of new infections.Societies must now implement more refined and vigorous approaches to widely test, trace, and isolate those who are unknowingly infected before they can spread the virus to other individuals in their communities.

Key concepts: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Storm, 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Geography, Meteorology, Virology, Medicine

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