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The outbreak the SARS-CoV-2 (CoV-2) virus has resulted in over 2.5 million cases of COVID19, greatly stressing global healthcare infrastructure. Lacking medical prophylactic measures to combat disease spread, many nations have adopted social distancing policies in order to mitigate transmission of CoV-2. While mathematical models have suggested the efficacy of social distancing to curb the spread of CoV-2, there is a lack of systematic studies to quantify the real-world efficacy of these approaches. Here, we quantify the spread rate of COVID19 before and after national social distancing measures were implemented in 26 nations and compare this to the changes in COVID19 spread rate over equivalent time periods in 27 nations that did not enact social distancing policies. We find that social distancing policies significantly reduced the COVID19 spread rate. Using mixed linear regression models we estimate that social distancing policies reduced the spread of COVID19 by 66%. These data suggest that social distancing policies may be a powerful tool to prevent spread of COVID19 in real-world scenarios.
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To explore the clinical significance of C1q tumor necrosis factor-related protein-9 (CTRP9) in patients with cerebral infarction.Our data showed that the serum CTRP9 was significantly lower than that of control group,especially in patients with large artery atherosclerotic cerebral infarction.CTRP9 was first decreased and even lower from day 4 to day 10,then gradually elevated.Logistic regression analysis suggested that high CTRP9 level was a protective factor for cerebral infarction.Thus,CTRP9 could be a factor for further classification of cerebral infarction and provides a potential option for disease prevention and treatment.