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October 1, 2020
Opioid Overdose–Related Emergency Department Visits and Accidental Deaths during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Emergency room visits and deaths related to opioid overdose increased in San Francisco during the first weeks of COVID-19 pandemic (January 1 through April 18, 2020). Visits related to opioid overdose were 2.5 patients per day during this period vs. 1.4 prior, and deaths were 1.47 per day during this period vs. 0.95 prior. Rodda et…
Exploring U.S. Shifts in Anti-Asian Sentiment with the Emergence of COVID-19.
A racial sentiment analysis using >3.3 million race-related tweets from Twitter users in the US showed the proportion of negative tweets referencing Asians since the emergence of COVID-19 has increased by 68% (from 10% in November 2019 to 16% in March 2020). Common themes that emerged during the content analysis of a random subsample of…
CDC Deployments to State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Health Departments for COVID-19 Emergency Public Health Response — United States, January 21–July 25, 2020
The US CDC deployed 208 teams to assist 55 state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments with COVID-19 emergency public health response activities between January 21–July 25, 2020. Teams assisted with investigations of transmission in high-risk congregate settings, including long-term care facilities (53 deployments; 26%), food processing facilities (24; 12%), correctional facilities (12; 6%), and…
Epidemiology and Transmission Dynamics of COVID-19 in Two Indian States
SARS-CoV-2 contact investigations in two Indian states showed a younger age distribution of COVID-19 cases and deaths than has been previously reported in the United States, and these differences are not attributed to underlying age differences in the general population. Among 575,071 contacts exposed to 84,965 confirmed cases, the secondary attack rate ranged from 5%…
September 28, 2020
Behavioural Barriers to COVID-19 Testing in Australia
[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] In a national longitudinal survey in Australia (April-June), 49% of people strongly agreed they would get tested if they had COVID-19 symptoms and 96% agreed to some extent that they would get tested. Common barriers to testing were the belief that testing is painful (11%), not knowing how to get tested (7%),…
COVID-19 in Youth Soccer
[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] Youth soccer clubs in the US involving 85,861 players that had restarted in-person activities reported 218 COVID-19 cases among their members. None of the cases resulted in hospitalization or death. The authors used these cases to estimate the incidence of COVID-19 among youth soccer athletes and concluded that it was lower than…
September 25, 2020
Modeling between-population variation in COVID-19 dynamics in Hubei, Lombardy, and New York City
A mathematical model suggests that targeted sheltering of specific age groups combined with adherence to physical distancing by the rest of the population may be sufficient to thwart a substantial fraction of infections and deaths. Physical distancing could be achieved by engaging in activities such as staggered work schedules, increasing spacing in restaurants and prescribing…
September 24, 2020
Conspiracy Theories as Barriers to Controlling the Spread of COVID-19 in the U.S
Survey respondents who endorsed COVID-19 conspiracy theories about the origin of SARS-CoV-2 were less likely to report wearing a mask, perceive the pandemic as a threat, perceive vaccines as safe, and report an intention to be vaccinated in a national longitudinal survey conducted in the US in March (n=1,050) and July (n=840). Vaccine hesitancy increased…
Occupational Factors in the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy: Compensation Claims Applications Support Establishing an Occupational Surveillance System
Using data from national compensation claims, 19.4% of all COVID-19 cases in Italy and 30% of cases among working-age adults were associated with a claim of infection acquired at the workplace. The employment sectors that were most affected were human health workers and social workers, which correspond to employment categories classified as high-risk during the…
September 23, 2020
Sharing a Household with Children and Risk of COVID-19 a Study of over 300000 Adults Living in Healthcare Worker Households in Scotland
[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] A nationwide study among 310,000 healthcare workers in Scotland reported that sharing a household with young children (aged 0 to 11 years) was associated with a lower risk of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 (aHR=0.89 per child). Sharing a household with young children had a non-significantly lower risk of severe COVID-19 requiring hospitalization…
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