The cost of mass gatherings during a pandemic

In June 2020, the U.S., unlike other regions of the world, faced a surge in cases of COVID-19. Immediately prior to this wave of cases, the largest mass protests in U.S. history took place. We show that when holding other factors constant, COVID-19 cases increased most in places where more demonstra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Phalippou, Ludovic, Zhang, Dayin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Regular Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10291856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37441004
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101460
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Sumario:In June 2020, the U.S., unlike other regions of the world, faced a surge in cases of COVID-19. Immediately prior to this wave of cases, the largest mass protests in U.S. history took place. We show that when holding other factors constant, COVID-19 cases increased most in places where more demonstrations occurred. We exploit variation in rainfall during the protest period as an exogenous source of variation in attendance. We find that good weather coincides with both more people protesting and more subsequent COVID-19 cases and deaths. Mass gatherings during a pandemic thus lead to more contraction and fatalities of COVID-19, and we quantify these effects.

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