Although, the effect of lifting measures was not immediate; it took an average of 17 days to see 60% of its effect on increasing the R number.
For example, the only individual measure that had a significant reduction on coronavirus spread was banning public events, which reduced spread by 24% after 28 days. But when the event ban was combined with lockdown type restrictions including school and workplace closures, gathering and internal movement limits plus stay home requirements, transmission was reduced by 52%.
“As we experience a resurgence of the virus, policymakers will need to consider combinations of measures to reduce the R number. Our study can inform decisions on which measures to introduce or lift, and when to expect to see their effects, but this will also depend on the local context - the R number at any given time, the local healthcare capacity, and the social and economic impact of measures.
Leave schools out of it. That’s a local issue tackled locally. Blanket statements just confuse already stressed and confused parents. Now social gatherings are much more reliably consistent regardless of locale.
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Schools have a big influence on Covid-19 cases.