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February 11, 2021
COVID-19 Stats: Percentage of Middle and High School Students Aged 13–21 Years Attending In-Person Classes Who Reported Observing Fellow Students Wearing a Mask All the Time, by School Setting and Activity — United States, October 2020
Among a sample of 3,953 middle and high school students participating in a Falcon-CDC Foundation cross-sectional web panel survey in October 2020, approximately 65% reported that fellow students wore a mask “all the time” in the classroom, hallways, and stairwells. Lower frequencies were reported for other indoor settings, including school buses (42%), restrooms (40%), and…
Quantifying Population Contact Patterns in the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Interpersonal contact in the San Francisco Bay area was reduced by 82% in March 2020 and by 60% in September 2020, compared to pre-pandemic levels, according to analysis of a series of self-reported contact surveys. The reduction in contact corresponded to a 73% reduction in Ro in March and a 36% reduction in September. While…
February 10, 2021
Reduction in Oregon’s Medication Dosing Visits After the SARS-CoV-2 Relaxation of Restrictions on Take-Home Medication
Opioid treatment programs in Oregon saw a reduction in medication dosing visits and an increase in take-home doses dispensed following a relaxation of restrictions on take-home medication dosing that were intended to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2. During the pre-SARS-CoV-2 period (February and early March 2020), patients made a mean of 16 visits per month…
Emotion Regulation Strategies Predict PTSS During the COVID-19 Pandemic in an American Indian Population
A prospective study exploring whether emotion regulation strategies predicted later post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) related to the COVID-19 pandemic among American Indians (n=210) found that those who exhibited greater emotion regulation were less likely to develop PTSS, while those with higher expressive suppression scores were more likely to develop PTSS. These associations were independent of…
Disease Severity and Perinatal Outcomes of Pregnant Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
An observational cohort study among pregnant patients (n=1,219 patients, 47% asymptomatic, 27% mild illness, 14% moderate, 8% severe, and 4% critical) who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 found that pregnant patients with severe-critical COVID-19 were at higher risk of perinatal complications compared to those with mild or asymptomatic infection, including 6% incidence of venous thromboembolism among…
Cerebrospinal Fluid in COVID-19: A Systematic Review of the Literature
A systematic review of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) testing for potential viral neuroinvasion in patients with COVID-19 showed that among 303 patients who had CSF SARS-CoV-2 PCR testing, 16 (5%) were positive, and 75% of these positive patients were hospitalized due to neurological symptoms. The authors concluded that detection of SARS-CoV-2 in CSF via PCR is…
Patterns of COVID-19 Pandemic Dynamics Following Deployment of a Broad National Immunization Program
[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] An analysis of data from the Israeli Ministry of Health showed that by February 6, 2021, 45% of the Israeli population had received a first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine or had recovered from COVID-19 and 30% had received both doses or recovered form COVID-19. The proportions among those age 60 or…
Understanding Drivers of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Black Community
Findings from focus groups conducted in July and August, 2020 among Black barbershop and salon owners (n=24) living in areas of higher COVID-19 prevalence showed that COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy was high due to mistrust in the medical establishment, concerns regarding the speed of vaccine development, a perception of lack of data on side effects, fear…
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccine Hesitancy among Children’s Hospital Staff: A Single-Center Survey
Among children’s hospital clinical and non-clinical staff (n=4,448) who responded to an electronic survey on the first day of the hospital’s administration of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the majority of respondents (60%) reported they would definitely receive the vaccine, and 9% had already received the vaccine. Vaccine hesitancy was reported among 19% of respondents, and…
COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptability among U.S. Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services Workers
Findings from a cross-sectional survey conducted in October 2020 among firefighters and EMTs (n=3,169) showed that 48% of respondents expressed high acceptability of a future COVID-19 vaccine, while 24% reported that they were unsure and 28% reported low acceptability. Groups with greater odds of reporting low acceptability (relative to the high acceptability group) included individuals…
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