Research finds links between air quality and COVID vulnerability: UCLA
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LOS ANGELES - Long-term exposure to poor air quality increased the risk of COVID-19 throughout the country last year, according to research announced Wednesday from a UCLA-led team.
The research found that counties with higher exposures to poor air quality historically, saw higher county-level COVID-19 mortality rates in 2020, with a 7.6% increase in COVID-19 risk with a one-unit increase of 2.5 micrometers, or PM2.5. The use of preventative measures like stay-at-home orders and masking reduced the risk of COVID-19 by 15% and 8%, respectively, but did not reduce the increase of incidence in counties with poor air quality.
New York State Team
A large hospital system’s decision to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for its 48,000 workers in New York state could forge a path for other employers to potentially require the shots.
Indeed, experts anticipate the NewYork-Presbyterian hospital network’s move last week to require employee vaccinations could trigger a wave of similar mandates within the state’s health care system and beyond.
“I do expect other hospitals will follow suit and frankly other private businesses will do the same thing,” said Patricia Kuszler, a University of Washington professor specializing in public health law.
“Will they face pushback? Of course they will. It just depends on how much they feel their business will be at risk of outbreaks if employees are not vaccinated,” she added.
Even as governments across the United States consider lifting mask mandates and relaxing preventative measures as vaccination numbers creep up, new research from a UCLA-led team has found that such basic techniques significantly reduce the risk of getting COVID-19.
Long-term exposure to poor air quality increased the risk of COVID-19 throughout the country last year, according to research announced today from a UCLA-led team.
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