If half of the Americans did these 3 things, we could have prevented the pandemic
The study finds that doing these little things could have made a significant impact - and can still.
Throughout the pandemic, it has become more or less universally known than to curb the propagation of coronavirus, we must take certain security measures in our daily lives. Some mixed information has been transmitted, recommendations were sometimes uncertain, but for the most part, we have all known that our role to put an end to the pandemic meant things like social distancing,wash one's hands, andwearing face coatings. Some people have respected. Some people did not do it. For those who have resisted the taking of such precautions, a new study can change your mind.
Scientists behind research recently published inPlum medicine Found this "Self-imposed measurements"Have the ability toPrevent a "large epidemic" if taken over 50% of people. The measures in question? You guessed it: washing hands, wear masks and social distances. To achieve this conclusion, researchers have developed a transmission model whereby they could assess the impact of these safety methods.
"The objective of this study was to compare the individual and combined effectiveness of self-imposed preventive measures and social distancing imposed by the government in the short term to mitigate, delay or prevent a CVIV-19 epidemic," declared the study.
The results led the team to other key findings. The authors stated that at the initial initiative, "a social distancing imposed by the short-term government" can buy as much time as seven months forHealth systems Prepare for manipulation of an epidemic. In addition, they stated that the number of state-of-the-art cases can be reduced if people continue to practice social distancing, wash your hands regularly and to wear masks even after government mandates are lifted.
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"In addition to social distancing policies, governments and public health facilities should continually mobilize people to adopt self-imposed measures with proven efficiency to successfully resolve CIVID-19," concluded the study. .
Based on a recent interview with CNBC,Anthony Fauci, MD, agreed that strong public health practices are a key role in containing the virus. "I thinkwith a combination of good public health measures, a degree of immunity of the global flock and a good vaccine, which I hope and that I feel cautiously optimistic that we are going to get, I think when we put the three of these three together, we will get the control of that, Whether this year or the following year, "said Fauci said CNBC on July 22. And for a new pandemic less promising,Not a single American state is "on the right path of containing Covid", say researchers.
