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•We examined associations of US county-level pandemic-era policies with health.•More comprehensive containment policies were linked with better physical health.•More comprehensive containment policies were linked with less alcohol use.•Findings were similar for total policy comprehensiveness scores.•These relationships varied by sex, education, race/ethnicity, and county urbanicity.
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