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2024-05-16 02:02:56 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 500C57C7EC98A40F6B896BE0DD5D70FF25214F89FDF203BDE816F3751B6E0EAD
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The authors of this study did not say that social distancing alone saved 800,000 lived. They stated that "the combination of behaviorally-driven transmission reduction and vaccination resulted in roughly 800,000 lives saved" https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2_Atkeson-Kissler_unembargoed.pdf
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