Researchers: Detailed Mobility Data Can Help Target COVID-19 Hot Spots - Honolulu Civil Beat
Recent studies show people are going out more as the pandemic drags on. Reading time: 5 minutes.
People in Hawaii have stopped staying home as much following the surge in COVID-19 cases this summer, and have started going back to restaurants and shops, new mobility data shows.
This type of data is valuable because it can help public health officials and policymakers create targeted virus response measures to improve both public health and the economy.
For example: predicting future COVID-19 hot spots.
“We hope this would be interesting to look at to potentially tie foot traffic around a particular location for virus spread,” said Justin Tyndall, a UHERO economist and assistant professor.