Cellphone data shows more people are venturing outside as 'quarantine fatigue' sets in
Many governors are still warning residents to stay home, but people are getting sick of staying indoors and are being lured outside by warmer weather.
April 27, 2020, 10:11 AM EDT, By Elisha Fieldstadt

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cellphone-data-shows-more-people-are-venturing-outside-quarantine-fatigue-n1193221

As people grow weary of staying inside, more people are venturing out and growing lax on social distancing efforts meant to stop the spread of coronavirus, according to data from the University of Maryland.

The university has developed a tool using anonymous cellphone data to track social distancing compliance, and last week, for the first time, researchers saw a decline in the social distancing effort across the country by 3 percent, said professor Lei Zhang, who is leading the project.

What we see right now is that individual Americans — many of them are deciding on their own that they’re going to reopen themselves to go out more," Zhang said. "It’s just a major shift as the nation fights the pandemic."

In Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who has been unwavering and stern in her instructions for people to stay home, said in a tweet that a viral video showing a crammed house party showed behavior that was "reckless and utterly unacceptable.”


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The university has developed a tool using anonymous cellphone data to track social distancing compliance, and last week, for the first time, researchers saw a decline in the social distancing effort across the country by 3 percent, said professor Lei Zhang, who is leading the project.

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As people grow weary of staying inside, more people are venturing out and growing lax on social distancing efforts meant to stop the spread of coronavirus, according to data from the University of Maryland.

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They're conflating two things. Just because you go out doesn't mean you get within 6 feet of someone else.

That whole "keeping six feet apart" thing is amazing to see out in stores...

I went to a Costco the other day.... I was amazed at how people were practically pulling themselves and their carts into the walls if they thought that I was getting "too close" to them.... some looked at me with horror.... "what is wrong with him?"