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Using birthdays to assess association between social gatherings, COVID-19 risk

Peer-Reviewed Publication

JAMA Network

What The Study Did: Using administrative healthcare data on 2.9 million households, this study suggests that events that lead to small and informal social gatherings, such as birthdays, and in particular, children's birthdays, are a potentially important source in SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

Authors: Anupam B. Jena, M.D., Ph.D., of Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.2915)

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