Impact of Public Health and Social Measures on the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States and Other Countries: Descriptive Analysis.
Sophia Alison ZweigAlexander John ZapfHanmeng XuQingfeng LiSmisha AgarwalAlain Bernard LabriqueDavid H PetersPublished in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2021)
Our findings suggest that early implementation, consistent execution, adequate duration, and high adherence to PHSMs represent key factors of reducing the spread of COVID-19. Although national income may be related to COVID-19 progression, a country's wealth appears to be less important in controlling the pandemic and more important in taking rapid, centralized, and consistent public health action.