{"635544":{"#nid":"635544","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The Health 202: Most States Lifting Coronavirus Lockdowns Haven\u0027t Met Federal Guidelines for Reopening","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/ganz\u0022\u003EScott Ganz\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the School of Public Policy, was quoted in the article \u0026quot;The Health 202: Most States Lifting Coronavirus Lockdowns Haven\u0026#39;t Met Federal Guidelines for Reopening,\u0026quot; on May 13, 2020 in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EWashington Post\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGanz, who also works as an economist for the American Enterprise Institute, shared his interpretation of COVID-19 data that states could be using when determining whether to reopen businesses and recreational activities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EScott Ganz, an economist at the American Enterprise Institute, concluded New York is the only state meeting the criteria among eight states\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.aei.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Ganz-Sustained-Declines-WP-May.pdf\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ehe analyzed\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;using data from April 23 to May 6.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EHe used a framework allowing for small swells in the number of confirmed daily cases as long as the overall 14-day trend was downward.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUnder this framework, which he feels is a reasonable way of interpreting the CDC guidance, a state wouldn\u0026rsquo;t qualify as having a sustained decline in cases if it saw any dramatic spikes over the 14-day stretch.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EThat would mean California, Florida, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Texas didn\u0026rsquo;t exhibit sufficient progress during that time period, he said.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We don\u0026rsquo;t want to see at any point in time during those 14 days a spike,\u0026rdquo; he told me. \u0026ldquo;That\u0026rsquo;s going to indicate to me that we\u0026rsquo;re not seeing sustained decline for 14 days. You maybe want to restart the clock.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/powerpost\/paloma\/the-health-202\/2020\/05\/13\/the-health-202-most-states-lifting-coronavirus-lockdowns-haven-t-met-federal-guidelines-for-reopening\/5ebaaf55602ff11bb117afb5\/\u0022\u003ERead the full article here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35266","created_gmt":"2020-05-20 21:14:32","changed_gmt":"2020-05-20 21:14:32","author":"ifrazer3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"graduation 2023","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/powerpost\/paloma\/the-health-202\/2020\/05\/13\/the-health-202-most-states-lifting-coronavirus-lockdowns-haven-t-met-federal-guidelines-for-reopening\/5ebaaf55602ff11bb117afb5\/","dateline":{"date":"2020-05-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-05-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"563261":{"id":"563261","type":"image","title":"Scott Ganz","body":null,"created":"1471362057","gmt_created":"2016-08-16 15:40:57","changed":"1475895367","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:56:07","alt":"Scott Ganz","file":{"fid":"206819","name":"scott-ganz.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/scott-ganz.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/scott-ganz.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":31907,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/scott-ganz.jpg?itok=BZ7Od1qO"}}},"media_ids":["563261"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1616","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"167078","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}