Monday, March 30, 2020

Health Note - Social Distancing Works says Study

Beloved,
I wish above all things that thou mayest....be in health...
3 John 1:2

The unprecedented measures the city of Wuhan has put in place to reduce social contacts in school and the workplace have helped to control the outbreak,” said Dr. Kiesha Prem, lead author of the
study.

However, the city now needs to be really careful to avoid prematurely lifting physical distancing measures, because that could lead to an earlier secondary peak in cases. But if they relax the restrictions gradually, this is likely to both delay and flatten the peak.”

The effects of these distancing measures seem to vary by age, with the greatest reductions in new cases among school children and the elderly, and lowest among working-aged adults."
The Lancet Public Health