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

(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.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news