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April 27, 2021

Comparison of COVID-19 Incidence Rates Before and After School Reopening in Israel

An analysis of SARS-CoV incidence and the rate of test positivity in Israel suggests that children age 0-9 years of age did not have substantially elevated rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection during school attendance. Compared to the period before school reopening, after school reopened in September 2020 there was a 10% increase in SARS-CoV-2 incidence and…


November 6, 2020

Evaluation of COVID-19 Testing Strategies for Repopulating College and University Campuses: A Decision Tree Analysis

A decision-tree analysis evaluating five SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies for college students returning to campus found that testing all students upon arrival and then retesting them seven days later identified the greatest number of cases. The five different strategies evaluated were: (1) classifying students with symptoms as having COVID-19, (2) RT-PCR testing for symptomatic students, (3)…