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Side effect of a 6 p.m curfew for preventing the spread of SARS-CoV-2: A modeling study from Toulouse, France

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  1. Grzmot
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    Abstract: The spread of SARS-CoV-2 and the resulting disease Covid-19 has killed over 2 million people as of January 22, 2021. We have designed a model and used it to quantify the effect of a 6...

    Abstract:

    The spread of SARS-CoV-2 and the resulting disease Covid-19 has killed over 2 million people as of January 22, 2021. We have designed a model and used it to quantify the effect of a 6 p.m curfew on the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Toulouse, France. The data show that this measure can lead to the opposite effect from that intended due to larger groups of people on the authorized hours.


    Especially in Europe, countries have put in place strict lockdown measures, and one of the strictest ones can currently be found in France. Now that the pandemic is lasting well over a year with no sign of an immediate end, it will be more and more difficult to justify such stringent measures.

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