What The Study Did: The findings of this study suggest that social gatherings among unvaccinated students were associated with increased COVID-19 infections in a university’s community beginning eight days after the final game of participation in the 2021 NCAA March Madness basketball tournament.
Authors: Ashley L. O’Donoghue, Ph.D., of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, is the corresponding author.
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