Nuzzo and her colleagues have created a new data visualization tool that combines the number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths reported every day in each state with the dates that reopening policies have been implemented there. A timeline of newly confirmed coronavirus cases in California, juxtaposed against reopening milestones in the state. But there are states that have followed a similar pattern of reopening and not seen the same spike in cases. My sense is that it’s not just reopening and allowing people to mix more that matters — it’s how you reopen. Also, the new cases are in a younger population, so we won’t see the same peak in deaths — yet.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 01, 2020 13:02 UTC