And, how risky is it to have contact with people outside of your household?
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In a previous post, we reported a Gallup survey that indicated at least.2/3s of Americans were making a reasonably serious attempt to isolate themselves during the stay-at-home.
A new Gallup survey reports that 74% are isolating themselves “completely” or “mostly”.
That’s pretty good compliance.
And, Gallup goes a step further in the current study to calibrate what “completely” or “mostly” mean by asking respondents how many people they came in contact with — not counting fellow household members — during the past 24 hours.
Note: The forecast models generally assume that social distancing practices, including stay-at-home, reduce contacts by about 40% … 25% for work contacts and 75% for general social contacts.
The conclusion: Adults practicing social distancing generate at least 90% fewer contacts per day than those who are making little effort to social distance.
On average, survey respondents had 9.9 contacts in the past 24 hours.
Let’s dig a little deeper into the numbers…
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