Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Screening Strategies to Permit the Safe Reopening of College Campuses in the United States
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SciScore for 10.1101/2020.07.06.20147702: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
NIH rigor criteria are not applicable to paper type.Table 2: Resources
No key resources detected.
Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:The simple model underlying this analysis has notable limitations. We assumed homogenous mixing without age-dependent transmission. We did not explicitly include the impact of screening on faculty and staff, though we did allow for the importation of infections from exterior sources. We assumed that no students arrive on campus with …
SciScore for 10.1101/2020.07.06.20147702: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
NIH rigor criteria are not applicable to paper type.Table 2: Resources
No key resources detected.
Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:The simple model underlying this analysis has notable limitations. We assumed homogenous mixing without age-dependent transmission. We did not explicitly include the impact of screening on faculty and staff, though we did allow for the importation of infections from exterior sources. We assumed that no students arrive on campus with immunity to COVID-19. Finally, we excluded the impact of symptom screening and contact tracing. Given that both are logistically challenging, this is a noteworthy omission; our results suggest that with frequent enough screening, neither symptom checking nor contact tracing would be necessary for epidemic control. Reopening college imposes risks that extend beyond students to the faculty who teach them, to the many university employees (administrative staff, dining hall workers, custodians) who come into close daily contact with them, and to the countless other members of the surrounding community with whom they come into contact. University presidents have a duty to consider the downstream impact of their reopening decisions on these constituencies. However, their first responsibility is to the safety of the students in their care. So, while we certainly do not intend to minimize the broader effects of the reopening decision, we have quite deliberately excluded from consideration any transmissions exported off campus. We believe there is a safe way for students to return to college in the Fall of 2020; the question is whether it is feasible today...
Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.
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