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differing in their responses. 98 In April, life had completely changed across the
world and any sense of normalcy was forgotten. Most countries had shut their
borders, cancelled events, prohibited large gatherings, schools had turned to
remote learning and non-essential workers were instructed to work from home.
Scientists discovered that the virus could be spread asymptomatically so anyone
who left their homes was encouraged by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to social distance and wear masks. 99 The implementation of
health measures intensified an attempt to ‘flatten the curve’ as the U.S. federal
government initiated ‘Operation Warp Speed’ in which a public-private partnership funded $18 billion into the development of a vaccine. 100
As seen in Figure 4, July saw a ‘second wave’ of the vaccine as states began
to ‘reopen’ in various stages. On July 10th, the U.S. set the record for the highest number of new cases in a day, for the 7th time in just 11 days. 101
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