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Collected Item: “SARS-CoV-2 Transmission among Marine Recruits during Quarantine”

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SARS-CoV-2 Transmission among Marine Recruits during Quarantine

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Screenshot / Academic Article

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This is an academic article that discusses the transmission of Covid-19 among Marine recruits in quarantine. Due to the pandemic, recruits have been forced to quarantine before they were able to begin their basic training. Marines were sent to a college campus where they practiced social distancing for two weeks before going to training. This study shows the effectiveness of quarantining, social distancing, and mask-wearing

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#military #recruits #marines #USMC #quarantine #transmission

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https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2029717

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The New England Journal of Medicine

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2020-12-17
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