Cellphone location data shared with NPR show a steady decline in the number of Americans staying home since a peak on April 12, when about half were staying home.
State leaders are considering reopening economies and allowing people to leave their homes, but more and more Americans appear to be doing so on their own.
The trend, SafeGraph says, is consistent across the entire country, though the degree to which movement is increasing is different. Some counties showed extreme dropoffs in social distancing, while some showed more mild curves. Sepehr Ghader, the senior researcher on the UMD project, says it's too soon to know exactly why people are leaving their homes in larger numbers — though he calls the trend"social distancing fatigue."
Several of the other counties that had stay-at-home numbers fall off the most are in Texas. Cameron, Comal and Hidalgo Counties all saw declines starting around April 6. These counties have not seen especially high death tolls from the disease, indicating there may be some optimism among residents that they can leave their homes with fewer risks.
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