Closure of Anchor Businesses Reduced COVID-19 Transmission During the Early Months of the Pandemic.
J Occup Environ Med
; 63(12): 1019-1023, 2021 12 01.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1831470
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To investigate the relationship between the closure of "anchor businesses" - manufacturing plants and distribution centers employing >1000 workers - and the daily, county-level COVID-19 rate between March 1, 2020 and May 31, 2020.METHODS:
We conducted a comparative, interrupted time series analysis of publicly available county-level data. Our main variable of interest was closure, indicating whether one or more of the anchor businesses within the county experienced a full or partial closure of at least 22âdays (main analysis) or at least 1 day (sensitivity analyses).RESULTS:
Closure of an anchor business was associated with 142 fewer positive COVID-19 tests per 100,000 population over a 40-day period. Even short-term and partial closures were associated with reduced spread.CONCLUSIONS:
Temporary closure of anchor businesses appears to have slowed, but not completely contained, the spread of COVID-19.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pandemics
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Occup Environ Med
Journal subject:
Occupational Medicine
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Environmental Health
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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