We Are Not Alone in Trying to Be Alone

Authors

Patricia C. Lopes, Chapman UniversityFollow

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Article

Publication Date

6-16-2020

Abstract

Certain diseases, like colds, tend not to stop us. A paracetamol here, an ibuprofen there, and we are on the go. That is, until we, as a species, are faced with a virus that not only spreads through social contact, but has an estimated reproductive number of 2 to 2.5 and potentially kills 3–4% of those infected (WHO, 2020). To reduce transmission probability of COVID-19, governmental agencies around the world have recommended or enforced measures to decrease social contact; early evidence suggests these measures produce the intended effect (Kucharski et al., 2020).

Comments

This article was originally published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, volume 8, in 2020. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00172

This scholarship is part of the Chapman University COVID-19 Archives.

Recommended Citation

Lopes PC (2020) We Are Not Alone in Trying to Be Alone. Front. Ecol. Evol. 8:172. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00172

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