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Despite showing COVID-19 symptoms, many Americans continued to travel normally during the pandemic, according to a new study.
Researchers from George Mason University reported that they found “no real change” in daily activity, travel, and contact with others during the pandemic, even from those who showed signs of potentially contracting the virus.
A team from the university’s College of Health and Human Services tracked the movement patterns of nearly 200 volunteers who showed possible COVID-19 symptoms. Of those being evaluated, few did anything to limit their daily movements, even when displaying warning signs of the virus.
“We could not detect any significant change of movement when people should self-quarantine,” Dr. Janusz Wojtusiak, who led the study, which was published in the Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research, said.