Comparing Associations of State Reopening Strategies with COVID-19 Burden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infected over 5 million United States (US) residents resulting in more than 180,000 deaths by August 2020. To mitigate transmission, most states ordered shelter-in-place orders in March and reopening strategies varied.

Objective

To estimate excess COVID-19 cases and deaths after reopening compared with trends prior to reopening for two groups of states: (1) states with an evidence-based reopening strategy, defined as reopening indoor dining after implementing a statewide mask mandate, and (2) states reopening indoor dining rooms before implementing a statewide mask mandate.

Design

Interrupted time series quasi-experimental study design applied to publicly available secondary data.

Participants

Fifty Unite

SUBMITTER: Kaufman BG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7537575 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature