Shelter-in-Place Orders Prevented Up to 370,000 Coronavirus Deaths, Study Says

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Two months of lockdowns this spring saved as many as 370,000 lives in the U.S., according to new estimates from researchers at the University of Iowa.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued the first statewide shelter-in-place order on March 19, and by early April, 42 states and the District of Columbia were similarly locked down. While coronavirus infections continued to rise, research shows social distancing measures curbed the growth of new cases within days. The new study, published in the journal Health Affairs, indicates the stay-at-home orders also corresponded with a sharp decline in COVID-19 mortality growth rates that became more pronounced as time went on.

In the first week after a shelter-in-place order was enacted, the average daily growth rate in COVID-19 mortality was 20.5%, according to the analysis, which is based on data from 22 states between March 21 and May 15. In the fourth week after enactment, the growth rate fell by an average of 2.9 percentage points, while after the sixth week, the rate fell by an average of 6.1 percentage points.

While coronavirus deaths never fully subsided, slowing the growth rate corresponded with 250,000 to 370,000 deaths potentially averted, the study found.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/shelter-in-place-orders-prevented-up-to-370000-coronavirus-deaths-study-says/ar-BB16AjkL?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=DELLDHP

[SoonerPride]

1. Prevented or simply delayed?

Since so many states are now out of control I think all we did was delay the deaths.

I'm thinking we should expect to million dead from this by 2022.

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2. I'll bet there will be that many by the end of this year.

Or by the time Biden is sworn in.

I also believe they have been under-counting these deaths in some area's. I read where in Florida, there are usually about 950 deaths per year from pneumonia but this year, there have already been over 5,000 deaths from this. If these actually were Covid deaths, then the number could be a quite a bit higher than is being reported.

[SoonerPride]

4. All the R gov states are reporting fake numbers

Florida and Texas are the most obvious.

[Andy823]

3. Now we need

a mandatory mask law for the entire country to save more lives. The push by trump to open early was a huge, huge mistake, even though he will never admit it.