Analysis: States that reopened earlier haven't seen higher rates of infection
by David Hogberg
| May 22, 2020 12:00 AM
States that have reopened their economies appear to be faring no worse in terms of coronavirus cases than those that have not, a new data analysis by the Washington Examiner shows.
All 50 states have either reopened at least parts of their economies or are in the process of doing so.
In some states that have reopened very recently, it may be too soon to tell the effect on cases since the incubation period for the virus is widely believed to be two weeks. States that reopened their economies two weeks ago or earlier have seen, on average, a day-to-day decline in new cases of -0.4%, based on data from the University of Maryland. In states that have not yet opened their economies or opened them more recently than two weeks, the trend of new cases is almost unchanged at 0.1%.
This suggests that there are many different factors, some of which cannot yet be examined, affecting the rate of coronavirus cases.
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