Association of Mass Gatherings and COVID-19 Hospitalization
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Abstract
We examined COVID-19 hospitalizations following mass gatherings in Wisconsin and Minnesota, United States (September 17-18, 2020). We found that the hospitalization rate increased 15-fold in the Minnesota gathering county, and 12.7-fold in the Wisconsin gathering county. On the state level, it increased 2-fold in Minnesota, and 2.3-fold in Wisconsin, while not increasing significantly in states without gatherings. Our findings suggest that mass gatherings are followed by increased COVID-19 hospitalizations, and that precautions should be taken.
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SciScore for 10.1101/2020.10.27.20220707: (What is this?)
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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:Our main limitation is that both Wisconsin and Minnesota had mass gatherings a month before the analyzed gatherings, which could have caused a second wave of infection that would affect their hospitalizations a month later. Minnesota also had a mass gathering two weeks after the analyzed mass gatherings, which could explain why its rate …
SciScore for 10.1101/2020.10.27.20220707: (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:Our main limitation is that both Wisconsin and Minnesota had mass gatherings a month before the analyzed gatherings, which could have caused a second wave of infection that would affect their hospitalizations a month later. Minnesota also had a mass gathering two weeks after the analyzed mass gatherings, which could explain why its rate started rising again in early October. Our findings suggest that precautions such as masks, should be taken in mass gatherings such as political rallies, large school assemblies and cultural events, to reduce COVID-19 hospitalizations.[7] Since these precautions are often not taken by participants of the gatherings, there is also a need for the state’s policy makers to increase public health measures such as social distancing and face masks wearing in the geographic area close to where the rally takes place.[8] Also, it is advised to prepare the healthcare infrastructures (including the hospitals) to prepare for the possible increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations.[9]
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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