{"id":16066,"date":"2020-04-06T16:22:31","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T20:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opsweb.wpengine.com\/?p=16066"},"modified":"2020-11-13T10:02:48","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T15:02:48","slug":"stopping-covid-19-requires-stronger-social-distancing-actions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/stopping-covid-19-requires-stronger-social-distancing-actions\/","title":{"rendered":"Stopping COVID-19 requires stronger social distancing actions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the health and economic security of the nation are at risk with new COVID-19 cases diagnosed every day and our medical systems facing significant strain, a newly released <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mitre.org\/publications\/technical-papers\/white-paper-stopping-covid-19-short-term-actions-for-long-term-impact\" target=\"_blank\">white paper<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mitre.org\/publications\/technical-papers\/white-paper-stopping-covid-19-short-term-actions-for-long-term-impact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"by MITRE (opens in a new tab)\">by MITRE<\/a> offers guidance that the U.S. should put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. MITRE recommends that Americans decrease contact with others by 90% to stop or considerably slow COVID-19\u2019s progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\npaper recommends 14 policy actions, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Closing all schools and\nlearning institutions nationwide.<\/li><li>Closing restaurants, bars, movie theaters and restricting access to\nother places of physical gathering.<\/li><li>Sealing or restricting all\nU.S. borders.<\/li><li>Incentivizing residents to only leave their homes for critical need.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>MITRE\nalso recommends making social distancing measures stronger, more uniform and\nmore consistently applied to avoid a surge in COVID-19 infections. By\nimplementing and enforcing these measures to limit contact between people, the\nnation can reduce infections and deaths from COVID-19 and avoid overburdening our\nhealth care system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The paper suggests that while implementing their recommendations will not be without cost, failing to carry out social distancing measures will result in more significant long-term damage to the nation\u2019s health and economic security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If\nimplemented properly, MITRE believes its recommendations will slow or stop the\nspread of COVID-19. Once these social distancing actions are in place and new\ncases slow, government leaders will be able to help the public gain a better\nunderstanding of the spread of COVID-19 and a timeline for return to normal\nlife. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recommendations in the white paper draw on available data and are proposed by MITRE\u2019s clinical and epidemiological expertise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <em>This post was prepared by MITRE\u2019s infectious disease analytics team, which is advised by Jay Schnitzer M.D., Ph.D, MITRE\u2019s chief medical and chief technology officer, several of MITRE\u2019s Senior Visiting Fellows, as well as MITRE and external experts in virology, epidemiology and infectious disease.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Authors and related areas of expertise:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Bahaa Fam, Economic Models, Machine Learning, Systems Optimization- Greystone Partners, LLC<\/em><br><em>Jennifer J. Mathieu, Ph.D., Computational Models<\/em><br><em>John H. 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