COVID-19, Home Confinement, and the Fallacy of “Safest at Home”

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COVID-19, Home Confinement, and the Fallacy of "Safest at Home" Jill R. Froimson MD, MS, Darren S. Bryan MD, Ava Ferguson Bryan MD, AM, and Tanya L. Zakrison MD, MPH, FRCSC Affiliation The authors are with the Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Tanya L. Zakrison, MD, MPH, FRCSC, Associate Professor of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medicine, 5841 S Maryland, MC 5033, Chicago, IL 60637 (e-mail: [e-mail]). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the "Reprints" link.CONTRIBUTORSAll authors contributed equally to this editorial. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305725 Accepted: April 13, 2020 Published Online: June 10, 2020