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Quantifying behavior change during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

2022-01-10 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundDuring the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the most effective way to reduce transmission and to protect oneself was to reduce contact with others. However, it is unclear how behavior changed, despite numerous surveys about peoples attitudes and actions during the pandemic and public health efforts to influence behavior. MethodsWe used two sources of data to quantify changes in behavior at the county level during the first year of the pandemic in the United States: aggregated mobi...

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