Exponentially Diminishing Benefits of Social Distancing (IMAGE)
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Semi-log plot for the relationship between social distancing duration and the corresponding maximum attainable decrease in medical demands for social distancing of various intensities. The emergence of two regimes becomes clear, separated into short-term (duration < 2 weeks) and long-term (duration ? 2 weeks, gray shaded region). For short-term social distancing, stronger social distancing (denoted by increasing intensity ?? ) leads to a monotonous decrease in medical demands. For long term social distancing, the largest reduction in medical demands is achieved when ?? ? 70%, beyond which the benefits of social distancing diminish.
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Chakrabarty Lab
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