David Lazer Featured in News@Northeastern: The Post-Holiday COVID-19 Surge Might Not Be As Bad As Expected, Study Finds
by Peter Ramjug, News@Northeastern
People appeared to heed the advice of public health authorities in December by avoiding holiday parties, wearing masks, and keeping spaced apart from others, behavior that may have mitigated the current pandemic surge, according to a new study by researchers from Northeastern, Harvard, Northwestern, and Rutgers.
“It was plausible that we would see a big spike in proximity driven by the holidays, and it simply wasn’t the case,” says David Lazer, university distinguished professor of political science and computer and information sciences at Northeastern, and one of the researchers who conducted the study “It did surprise me somewhat.”