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Coronavirus Lockdowns Substantially Slowed the Pandemic, Research Says

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The U.S. would have had 4.8 million more confirmed cases (60 million total infections) had it never enacted any anti-contagion policies.

They estimate that across these six countries, interventions prevented or delayed as many as 62 million confirmed coronavirus cases, which in turn helped avert roughly 530 million total infections.

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  1. Russ Fletcher on June 9, 2020 at 9:29 am

    Covid is coming back rapidly in other states such as Utah and Arizona. I think it’s imperative that Montana continue its excellent response and institute a policy that masks are mandatory when out in public and that the 2 week visitor quarantine be re-instituted.

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