Associations Between Governor Political Affiliation and COVID-19 Cases, Deaths, and Testing in the U.S.
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SciScore for 10.1101/2020.10.08.20209619: (What is this?)
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Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement IRB: The Institutional Review Boards at the Medical University of South Carolina and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health deemed this research exempt. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. 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:There are, however, limitations. This was a population-level rather than …
SciScore for 10.1101/2020.10.08.20209619: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement IRB: The Institutional Review Boards at the Medical University of South Carolina and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health deemed this research exempt. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. 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:There are, however, limitations. This was a population-level rather than individual-level analysis. Although analyses were adjusted for potential confounders (e.g., rurality), the findings could reflect the virus’s spread from urban to rural areas.11,12 Additionally, as with any observational study, causality cannot be inferred. Finally, governors are not the only authoritative actor in a state; governors in states like Wisconsin may have been limited by Republican-controlled legislatures. Future research could explore associations between party affiliation of state or local legislatures, particularly when these differ from governors. These findings suggest that governor political party affiliation may differentially impact COVID-19 incidence and death rates. Attitudes toward the pandemic were highly polarized in 2020.7,9,10,23-25 Future state policy actions should be guided by public health considerations rather than political expedience26 and should be supported by a coordinated federal response within the new presidential administration.
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.
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- No protocol registration statement was detected.
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