Daily data on new cases of Covid-19 in the US show that Memorial Day celebrations, widely reported to have causes masses to enjoy themselves with no adherence to social distancing, did not cause a spike a cases.
In the data below,
In the data below,
- Week 1 ends on Memorial Day and has a total of 157,584 new cases
- Week 2 follows and has a total of 140,056 new cases, and
- Week 3 has a total of 951 new cases