Data scientists at the University of Rochester and Cornell University have found that social distancing has caused the spread of the coronavirus to plateau. However, the measures haven’t caused a significant reduction in the number of daily new cases.
“We need more studies to identify practices that can move us to a place where COVID-19 is actually contracting,” says study co-author Elaine Hill, assistant professor of public health sciences at the University of Rochester. “I think what has been surprising, at least for our team and other teams that have been studying this, is just how stable the coronavirus has managed to be.”