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U.S. Lockdown One Week Earlier Would Have Saved 36,000 Lives, Study Finds

WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

Epidemiologists at Columbia estimate locking down two weeks earlier would have saved 54,000 lives.

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The United States could have saved 36,000 lives had it instituted widespread anti-coronavirus measures around March 7, a week earlier than most states and cities did, a study from Columbia University found.

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