Loosening COVID-19 Social Distancing Interventions: Leveraging Lessons Learned from Abroad

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19
  • Start & end year

    2020
    2020
  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $25,000
  • Funder

    Commonwealth Fund
  • Principal Investigator

    Anand Parekh
  • Research Location

    United States of America
  • Lead Research Institution

    Bipartisan Policy Center Inc
  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A
  • Research Category

    Infection prevention and control

  • Research Subcategory

    Restriction measures to prevent secondary transmission in communities

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic requires the development of rational exit strategies that guide the reopening of economies and loosening of social-distancing guidelines. Lifting restrictions to alleviate the economic and social damage of a prolonged period of lockdown could risk starting a second wave of COVID-19 cases. As policymakers in the United States are grappling with decisions on when to "open the country back up," there is an opportunity to learn from other countries who have begun implementing exit-strategy approaches.