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Topic: Public Health Policy and Practice
October 21, 2020
Initial Economic Damage from the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States Is More Widespread across Ages and Geographies than Initial Mortality Impacts
The excess all-cause mortality and employment displacement resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic in the US was distributed unevenly, with very high concentrations in a small number of states. In April 2020, the national excess all-cause mortality was 2.4 per 10,000 individuals and employment displacement was 9.9 per 100 individuals. The authors identified the excess mortality…
Variation in Racial/Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality by Age in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Study
Racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 mortality rates are particularly strong among younger people. A cross-sectional study reported that as of July 22, 2020, the age-standardized COVID-19 mortality ratios (compared to non-Hispanic white) were 3.6 for people who are non-Hispanic Black, 2.2 for those who are non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native, 2.2 for Hispanic people and…
October 20, 2020
A Case-Control and Cohort Study to Determine the Relationship between Ethnic Background and Severe COVID-19
A case-control study determined that Black and multiracial people were three times as likely to be admitted to a hospital for COVID-19 treatment when compared to white people living in the same neighborhoods in London. Cases were defined as patients admitted to the hospital for COVID-19 and controls were drawn from an administrative database in…
Estimating the Infection-Fatality Risk of SARS-CoV-2 in New York City during the Spring 2020 Pandemic Wave: A Model-Based Analysis
A model-based analysis of the SAS-CoV-2 infection rate in New York City from March to June found an estimated overall infection fatality risk (IFR) of 1.4%. Stratified by age, overall IFR for those with ages 25-44, 45-64, 65-74, and 75+ years were 0.1%, 0.9%, 4.9%, and 14.2%, respectively. The peak weekly IFR for adults ages…
Excess Deaths Associated with COVID-19, by Age and Race and Ethnicity — United States, January 26–October 3, 2020
Two out of three excess deaths in the United States during the period of January through October were attributed to COVID-19. An estimated 299,028 excess deaths occurred and there were two peaks of deaths, occurring during the weeks ending April 11 and August 8. Adults aged 25-44 years and Hispanic/Latino persons saw the largest percentage…
Risk for In-Hospital Complications Associated with COVID-19 and Influenza — Veterans Health Administration, United States, October 1, 2018–May 31, 2020
Patients hospitalized for COVID-19 had an in-hospital mortality rate more than 5-fold higher than influenza patients (21% vs 4%), according to retrospective data from a Veterans Health Administration cohort. After adjusting for age, sex, race/ethnicity and underlying comorbidities, COVID-19 patients had 19-fold higher risk of developing acute respiratory distress syndrome. Risks for exacerbations of asthma…
October 16, 2020
How Confidence in Health Care Systems Affects Mobility and Compliance during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Levels of public confidence in the health care system were related to differences in compliance behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic in a study of mobility measures across 38 European countries. Areas in which people had low levels of confidence in their health care system initially showed a faster response with respect to staying home. However,…
Race, Ethnicity, and Age Trends in Persons Who Died from COVID-19 — United States, May–August 2020
Among COVID-19–associated deaths reported to the US National Vital Statistics System from May to August, deaths in people over the age of 65 and members of minority racial and ethnic groups were disproportionately represented. Analysis of 114,411 COVID-19–associated deaths found that 51% were among non-Hispanic white individuals, 24% were among Hispanic or Latino individuals, and…
October 14, 2020
High Food Insecurity in Latinx Families and Associated COVID-19 Infection in the Greater Bay Area California
[Preprint, not peer-reviewed] Increased food insecurity was found in Latinx communities in the San Francisco Bay Area during the COVID-19 pandemic. A series of phone interviews from three separate Latinx cohorts conducted from March to September 2020 in the San Francisco Bay Area (total 375 households, 1,875 individuals) found that only 47% of surveyed Latinx…
Rapid and Low-Cost Sampling for Detection of Airborne SARS-CoV-2 in Dehumidifier Condensate
[Preprint, not peer-reviewed] A simple technique of sampling condensate from a commercial dehumidifier at 24-48 hour intervals identified SARS-CoV2 in a hospital setting. Four portable dehumidifiers obtained from Amazon were stationed at various locations in a Maryland hospital ward over 3 separate 1-week periods (June 29- July 5, July 22-August 10 and September 3-10). Among…
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