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Topic: Public Health Policy and Practice
September 28, 2020
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[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] Youth soccer clubs in the US involving 85,861 players that had restarted in-person activities reported 218 COVID-19 cases among their members.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 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[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] A nationwide study among 310,000 healthcare workers in Scotland reported that sharing a household with young children (aged 0 to 11 years) was associated with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…
Patterns of COVID-19 Testing and Mortality by Race and Ethnicity among United States Veterans: A Nationwide Cohort Study
A nationwide sample collected from February to July, 2020 showed that US veterans who were Black or Hispanic were more likely to be tested for SARS-CoV-2 than white veterans (Black: 60%, Hispanic: 53%, white 39%), and more likely to test positive (Black vs white: OR=1.9; Hispanic vs white: OR=1.8). The disparity between Black and white…
September 22, 2020
COVID-19 Contact Tracing in Two Counties — North Carolina, June–July 2020
During periods of high COVID-19 incidence in two counties in North Carolina, many people with COVID-19 did not report any contacts, many contacts were not reached, and the typical time needed to notify contacts likely reduced the impact of contact tracing as a mitigation strategy. In one county, 48% of COVID-19 patients reported no contacts,…
September 21, 2020
Disparities in COVID-19 Related Mortality in U.S. Prisons and the General Population
[Pre-print, not peer reviewed] The increase in COVID-19 mortality among people in prison has outpaced the rates for the general population. Using data from the COVID Prison Project from 53 prison systems in the US, Nowotny et al. reported that from April 22 to July 15, 2020, people in prison experienced a standardized mortality rate…
September 18, 2020
Social Network Analysis Methods for Exploring SARS-CoV-2 Contact Tracing Data
Social network analysis was applied to contact tracing data (1,959 patients in India), demonstrating how the approach can identify key individual patients and components of the network that could inform the public health response. The analysis showed that 11% of patients acted as a source of infection to 40% of the other patients, while 12…
September 17, 2020
Trends and Predictors of COVID-19 Information Sources and Their Relationship with Knowledge and Beliefs Related to the Pandemic: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study (Preprint)
An online survey (n=11,242) found that US adults used an average of 6.1 sources for COVID-19 information, with 91% using traditional media and 70% using mainstream media during March-April 2020. A larger number of sources used was reported by men (vs women), those aged 40-59 or ≥60 (vs 18-38 years), those not working (vs working),…
Decreased Influenza Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, Australia, Chile, and South Africa, 2020
There was a 61% decrease in the US in the number of respiratory specimens submitted for influenza testing during the COVID-19 pandemic (49,696 per week during September 29, 2019–February 29, 2020 vs. 19,537 during March 1–May 16, 2020). The rate of test positive decreased by 98% (19% vs. 0.3%) and has remained at historically low…
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