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Covid-19 Social Distancing Interventions by Statutory Mandate and Their Observational Correlation to Mortality in the United States and Europe
- Source :
- Pragmatic and Observational Research
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Dove Press, 2021.
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Abstract
- Sean Mccafferty,1 Sean Ashley2 1Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA; 2College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USACorrespondence: Sean Mccafferty 6422 E. Speedway Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85710, USATel +1 (520) 327-3487Email sjmccafferty66@hotmail.comPurpose: Evaluate the correlation between statutory social distancing interventions and Covid-19 mortality independently in both the United States and Europe. The study is presented as a potential methodology to evaluate the effectiveness of statutory social distancing policy.Patients and Methods: Twenty-seven states in the United States and, separately, 12 European countries were selected which had clearly defined and dated establishment of statewide or national mandates for social distancing measures from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) data. Mandated social distancing measures considered in this study include: School closures, Prohibition on mass gatherings, business closures, stay at home orders, severe travel restrictions, and closure of non-essential businesses. The state/country Covid-19 peak mortality rate (PMR) was defined as the initial averaged normalized maximum during which social distancing mandates were in effect. Mandate-days were defined as the total days legislative mandates were in place to the PMR.Results: The normalized peak mortality rate in the US and in Europe did not demonstrate a statistically significant correlation to the total mandate days (R-squared=0.053, p=0.246, R-squared=2.4E-06, p=0.996). A significant correlation was found between normalized mortality rate and state/country population density (R-squared=0.524, p=0.00002,R-squared=0.397, p=0.0281).Discussion: The analysis appears to suggest no mandate effective reduction in Covid-19 mortality rate to its defined initial peak when interpreting their mean-effect. A strong correlation to population density suggests human interaction frequency does affect the peak mortality rate.Keywords: epidemiology, analysis, SARS-Cov-2, mortality-rate, social-distancing, orders
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
analysis
SARS-Cov-2
Social distance
Mortality rate
Psychological intervention
Legislature
mortality-rate
social-distancing
Statutory law
Political science
Epidemiology
medicine
orders
Mandate
epidemiology
Observational study
Pragmatic and Observational Research
Original Research
Demography
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11797266
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pragmatic and Observational Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6e1442f7ad8828a8bdae7c2fbaad38b2