Public Protests and the Risk of Novel Coronavirus Disease Hospitalizations: A County-Level Analysis from California.

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between public protests and county-level, novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) hospitalization rates across California. Publicly available data were included in the analysis from 55 of 58 California state counties (29 March-14 October 2020). Mixed-effects negative binomial regression models were used to examine the relationship between daily county-level COVID-19 hospitalizations and two main exposure variables: any vs. no protests and 1 or >1 protest vs. no protests on a given county-day. COVID-19 hospitalizations were used as a proxy for viral transmission since such rates are less sensitive to temporal changes in testing access/availability. Models included covariates for daily county mobility, county-level characteristics, and

SUBMITTER: Bui LN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8467497 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature