Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

September 8, 2020

Variations in State-Level SARS-COV-2 Testing Recommendations in the United States March-July 2020

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  • [Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] As of July 2020, only 16 states had recommended asymptomatic testing of the public, while 9 states actively recommended against it. The per capita rate of COVID-19 tests reported in each state correlated with more permissive testing recommendations and with higher epidemic intensity. Higher per capita testing was weakly associated with more complete reporting of COVID-19 deaths.

Perniciaro et al. (Sept 7, 2020). Variations in State-Level SARS-COV-2 Testing Recommendations in the United States March-July 2020. Pre-print downloaded Sep 8 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.04.20188326