Limitations of using mobile phone data to model COVID-19 transmission in the USA

Affiliations

¹ Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
² Department of Civil and Systems Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA. Electronic address: l.gardner@jhu.edu.

Comment

Hamada S Badr et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 May.

. 2021 May;21(5):e113.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30861-6. Epub 2020 Nov 2.

¹ Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
² Department of Civil and Systems Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA. Electronic address: l.gardner@jhu.edu.

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Associations between phone mobility data and COVID-19 cases.
Gatalo O, Tseng K, Hamilton A, Lin G, Klein E; CDC MInD-Healthcare Program. Gatalo O, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 May;21(5):e111. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30725-8. Epub 2020 Sep 15. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021. PMID: 32946835 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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