id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-314235-08z2jyzd Matzinger, P. Strong impact of closing schools, closing bars and wearing masks during the Covid-19 pandemic: results from a simple and revealing analysis 2020-09-28 .txt text/plain 5932 304 64 This change 10 occurred 15 days after schools closed, 12 days after bars and restaurants closed, and one day before the state lockdown, suggesting that the effect of one or both of the first two policy 15 decisions was to reduce the doubling rate of cases to slightly more half of the original rate. Figure 1C shows the effect of the lockdown in MD, which was followed twelve days later by an 25 additional threefold change in doubling time, from 4.7 to 12.8 days, and similar rate reductions in hospitalizations and deaths with additional lags of 2 and 6 days respectively. The results, demonstrate that, other than full lockdowns, three government interventions had the most impact on the rates of Covid-19 infections: closing schools, closing bars and wearing masks. ./cache/cord-314235-08z2jyzd.txt ./txt/cord-314235-08z2jyzd.txt