Evaluation of Seasonal Respiratory Virus Activity Before and After the Statewide COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place Order in Northern California.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Public health initiatives that include shelter-in-place orders are expensive and unpopular. Demonstrating the success of these initiatives is essential to justify their systemic or individual cost.

Objective

To examine the association of a shelter-in-place order with lower rates of seasonal respiratory viral activity.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study with interrupted time series analysis obtained monthly counts of respiratory virus testing results at UC Davis Health from August 1, 2014, to July 31, 2020. Patients of all ages underwent testing conducted by the laboratory at UC Davis Health, a referral center for a 65 000-square-mile area that includes 33 counties and more than 6 million Northern California residents.

Exposures

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SUBMITTER: Partridge E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7835714 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature