Interstates of Infection: Preliminary Investigations of Human Mobility Patterns in the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated various heterogeneities between urban and rural environments in public health. The SARS-CoV-2 virus initially spread into the United States from international ports of entry and into urban population centers, like New York City. Over the course of the pandemic, cases emerged in more rural areas, implicating issues of transportation and mobility. Additionally, many rural areas developed into national hotspots of prevalence and transmission. Our aim was to investigate the preliminary impacts of road travel on the spread of COVID-19. This investigation has implications for future public health mitigation efforts and travel restrictions in the United States.

Methods

County-level COVID-19 data were analyzed for spatiotemporal patterns

SUBMITTER: Souch JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8101290 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature