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September 10, 2020
Geospatial Correlation between COVID-19 Health Misinformation and Poisoning with Household Cleaners in the Greater Boston Area
• Public health efforts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic were followed by a sustained increase in calls to the Regional Center for Poison Control and Prevention serving Massachusetts and Rhode Island (MARI PCC) regarding exposure to household cleaners. Misinformation on social media was associated with intermittent spikes in calls. Overall, calls significantly increased during…
Demographic Differences in US Adult Intentions to Receive a Potential Coronavirus Vaccine and Implications for Ongoing Study
[Pre-print, not peer reviewed] A cross-sectional survey of US adults (n=1000) collected in May 2020 found that nearly 50% of respondents either planned not to receive a COVID-19 vaccine or were unsure, signaling potential problems with vaccine uptake. Higher likelihood of intention to receive the vaccine versus uncertainty and refusal was more common among respondents…
September 9, 2020
The Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Older Latino Mortality: The Rapidly Diminishing Latino Paradox
• Between February 1 to August 22, 2020, COVID-19 mortality data from CDC showed that across all elder age groups (55-64, 65-74, 75-84, 85+), Latino adults had lower age-specific death rates for non-COVID-19 causes of death (RR 0.78 to 0.81) and higher age-specific death rates for COVID-19 deaths compared to non-Latino White adults (RR 1.6…
Allocation of COVID-19 Relief Funding to Disproportionately Black Counties
US counties with the highest fraction of Black residents received $126 more COVID-19 relief funding per resident ($506 vs. $380, p<0.001) than other counties. However, for a given level of relief funding, disproportionately Black counties had significantly higher COVID-19 burden and worse hospital finances. • The authors conclude that the method used to allocate relief…
September 4, 2020
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Hospital Admissions from COVID-19 and Determining the Impact of Neighborhood Deprivation and Primary Language
[Pre-print, not peer reviewed] Compared with white patients, minority race/ethnicity was found to be associated with hospital admission for Hispanic (OR: 3.8, 95% CI: 2.72-5.30), Asian (OR: 2.39, 95% CI: 1.74-3.29, and Black (OR: 1.50, 95% CI: 1.15-1.94) patients. Within each racial/ethnic group, quintiles of neighborhood-level deprivation were not associated with hospitalization. The analysis was…
September 3, 2020
SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance in Decedents in a Large Urban Medical Examiner’s Office
[Pre-print, not peer reviewed] The 7-day average percentage of SARS-CoV-2 test positivity among people who had died and were identified as possible recent COVID-19 cases and were posthumously tested (n=237) closely matched the trajectory of percent positivity in the catchment population, according to the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s office in Michigan. SARS-CoV-2 positive flagged decedents…
Infection Fatality Ratios for COVID-19 Among Noninstitutionalized Persons 12 and Older: Results of a Random-Sample Prevalence Study
The overall infection fatality ratio (IFR) for the state of Indiana, excluding institutionalized persons and children under 12 years of age, was 0.3%. Stratifying the IFR across demographic groups resulted in an IFR of 0.01% among those <40 years of age, 1.7% among those ≥60 years of age, 0.2 among white patients, and 0.6% among…
September 2, 2020
“Immunity Passports” for SARS-CoV-2: An Online Experimental Study of the Impact of Antibody Test Terminology on Perceived Risk and Behaviour
In an online survey among 1,204 adults from a UK research panel, Waller et al. reported that by using the term “immunity” (vs “antibody”) to describe antibody tests for SARS-CoV-2, participants were more likely to perceive no risk of catching coronavirus given an positive antibody test result (OR 2.9). Perceiving no risk of infection was…
September 1, 2020
Exposure and Risk Factors for COVID-19 and the Impact of Staying Home on Michigan Residents
[Pre-print, not peer reviewed] A survey of Michigan Medicine biorepository participants (n=8,407, 133 COVID-19 cases) found that risk factors for COVID-19 included African American race (6% of African American participants reported COVID-19 vs 2% for White participants), younger age (51 years among participants reporting COVID-19 vs 59 among participants not reporting COVID-19), and being an…
High Level of Food Insecurity among Families with Children Seeking Routine Care at Federally Qualified Health Centers during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
During the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas (April to May 2020), 47% of families (n=200) receiving routine pediatric care at federally qualified health centers screened positive for food insecurity, with 94% indicating this had begun or worsened during the pandemic. Both Hispanic ethnicity (< 0.001) and WIC participation (p = 0.03) were…
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