Before revision: Social distancing has been one of the core public policy measures used to mitigate the economic and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Such widespread adoption of social distancing measures is wholly unprecedented, and governments have implemented a variety of policies to encourage compliance. These typically rely on financial penalties (fines) and/or informational messages (nudges). There is, however, a lack of evidence on the impact of these policies .
After revision: Social distancing has been one of the core public policy measures used to mitigate the economic and health impacts of the COVID-19 , but lack evidence on the impact of these policies .