Using Google Mobility Data to Model Covid-19 Case Infection Rates

Paul B. Parker, Ph.D.

Introduction

The question of how and when to open up the economy as Covid-19 rates drop is fraught with great risk on both sides.  How the question is answered is likely the most critical public policy decision in the last few decades.  Unfortunately, most of the arguments made so far have been based more on philosophy than science.  Reliable data has been…