The Effect of Shelter-in-Place Orders on Social Distancing and the Spread of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study of Texas

Objectives: We study how the state-wide shelter-in-place order affected social distancing and the number of cases and deaths in Texas.Methods: We use daily data at the county level. The COVID-19 cases and fatalities data are from the New York Times. Social distancing measures are from SafeGraph. Bot...

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Main Authors: Marco A. Castaneda, Meryem Saygili
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.596607/full