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The raw case data was compiled from a variety of sources by the New York Times. The data is cleaned, first by averaging the data over a seven-day period (dotted line), then by assuming an 8-day lag between the onset of infection and the appearance of symptoms (solid line). (b) The effective reproduction number (Rt) in Kennebec county, computed from the cleaned case data using the Bettencourt and Ribeiro method. The shaded region represents a 90% confidence interval. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299841.g001.
Two states (Hawaii and Nevada) are considered outliers and are not included in the linear model fit, and two states (California and New Mexico) had lockdown durations that lie far above the upper boundary of the plots. Seven states which did not enact lockdown orders (Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming) are recorded with a duration of 0 days. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299841.g002.
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Citation: The PLOS One Staff (2025) Correction: Risk perceptions and behaviors concerning rural tourism and economic-political drivers of COVID-19 policy in 2020. PLoS One 20(10): e0334027. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0334027
Published: October 7, 2025
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