Nearly three-quarters of Americans support another 2 weeks of social distancing, even though most of the country has reopened

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• A new Insider poll found that nearly three-quarters of Americans would support at least two more weeks of social distancing, even as the US continues to reopen.
• The US introduced federal social distancing guidelines in mid-March in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
• New research from the University of California, Berkeley found the lockdowns proved to be effective, preventing as many as 60 million coronavirus infections in the country.
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As the US steadily continues to reopen, nearly three-quarters of Americans would support at least two more weeks of social distancing, according to a new Insider poll.

Among the 1,102 poll respondents, only 12% opposed additional weeks of social distancing.

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