ERG PhD student Ian Bolliger, as part of a research team, recently published a study “The effect of large-scale anti-contagion policies on the COVID-19 pandemic”. Their research found that the emergency COVID-19 measures prevented more than 500 million infections around the globe.
“Shutdown orders prevented about 60 million novel coronavirus infections in the United States and 285 million in China, according to a research study that examined how stay-at-home orders and other restrictions limited the spread of the contagion,” the Washington Post states.
To read the full research article, click the link here. To read the Washington Post article that covers their research, click here.