COVID-19 test positivity by occupation using the Delphi US COVID-19 trends and impact survey, September-November 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The potential for work to be a risk factor for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was recognized early in the pandemic based on the likelihood of work-related differences in exposures to COVID-19 in different occupations. Due to intense demands of the pandemic, implementation of recommendations to collect information on occupation in relation to COVID-19 has been uneven across the United States. The objective of this study was to investigate COVID-19 test positivity by occupation.

Methods

We analyzed data collected from September 8 to November 30, 2020, by the Delphi Group at Carnegie Mellon University US COVID-19 Trends and Impact Survey, offered daily to a random sample of US-based Facebook users aged 18 years or older, who were invited via a banner in their ne

SUBMITTER: Cox-Ganser JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9350248 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature