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Americans Are Heeding Stay-At-Home Orders, CDC Says

'We need to really maximize our social distancing. It's all hands on deck right now. No letup,' said CDC Director Robert Redfield

Americans Are Heeding Stay-At-Home Orders, CDC Says
Observing social distancing guidelines, a shop owner meets customers standing in line in Whittier, California, on April 9, 2020. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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4/14/2020|Updated: 4/14/2020

Americans in four cities with substantial numbers of COVID-19 infections are heeding calls for social distancing and potentially helping curb the spread of the disease, new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows.

“Actions such as social distancing are especially critical when medical countermeasures such as vaccines or therapeutics are not available,” researchers said in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published Monday. The study used community mobility as a proxy for social distancing.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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