Nature Communications (May 2021)
Impacts of social distancing policies on mobility and COVID-19 case growth in the US
- Gregory A. Wellenius,
- Swapnil Vispute,
- Valeria Espinosa,
- Alex Fabrikant,
- Thomas C. Tsai,
- Jonathan Hennessy,
- Andrew Dai,
- Brian Williams,
- Krishna Gadepalli,
- Adam Boulanger,
- Adam Pearce,
- Chaitanya Kamath,
- Arran Schlosberg,
- Catherine Bendebury,
- Chinmoy Mandayam,
- Charlotte Stanton,
- Shailesh Bavadekar,
- Christopher Pluntke,
- Damien Desfontaines,
- Benjamin H. Jacobson,
- Zan Armstrong,
- Bryant Gipson,
- Royce Wilson,
- Andrew Widdowson,
- Katherine Chou,
- Andrew Oplinger,
- Tomer Shekel,
- Ashish K. Jha,
- Evgeniy Gabrilovich
Affiliations
- Gregory A. Wellenius
- Google, Inc.
- Swapnil Vispute
- Google, Inc.
- Valeria Espinosa
- Google, Inc.
- Alex Fabrikant
- Google, Inc.
- Thomas C. Tsai
- Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
- Jonathan Hennessy
- Google, Inc.
- Andrew Dai
- Google, Inc.
- Brian Williams
- Google, Inc.
- Krishna Gadepalli
- Google, Inc.
- Adam Boulanger
- Google, Inc.
- Adam Pearce
- Google, Inc.
- Chaitanya Kamath
- Google, Inc.
- Arran Schlosberg
- Google, Inc.
- Catherine Bendebury
- Google, Inc.
- Chinmoy Mandayam
- Google, Inc.
- Charlotte Stanton
- Google, Inc.
- Shailesh Bavadekar
- Google, Inc.
- Christopher Pluntke
- Google, Inc.
- Damien Desfontaines
- Google, Inc.
- Benjamin H. Jacobson
- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Zan Armstrong
- Google, Inc.
- Bryant Gipson
- Google, Inc.
- Royce Wilson
- Google, Inc.
- Andrew Widdowson
- Google, Inc.
- Katherine Chou
- Google, Inc.
- Andrew Oplinger
- Google, Inc.
- Tomer Shekel
- Google, Inc.
- Ashish K. Jha
- Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Evgeniy Gabrilovich
- Google, Inc.
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23404-5
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 7
Abstract
In response to COVID-19, many states have implemented social distancing orders, but the effect of these orders on population mobility has not been fully quantified. Here, the authors use data from the US to show that state-level social distancing orders substantially reduced mobility and limited the spread of disease.
