PMID- 35980867
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220822
LR  - 20220907
IS  - 1545-861X (Electronic)
IS  - 0149-2195 (Print)
IS  - 0149-2195 (Linking)
VI  - 71
IP  - 33
DP  - 2022 Aug 19
TI  - COVID-19 Outbreaks and Mortality Among Public Transportation Workers - 
      California, January 2020-May 2022.
PG  - 1052-1056
LID - 10.15585/mmwr.mm7133a4 [doi]
AB  - Work-related factors can contribute to risk for exposure to and infection with 
      SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and subsequent COVID-19-attributable 
      outcomes, including death. Comparing COVID-19 metrics across industries can help 
      identify workers at highest risk. Elevated COVID-19 mortality rates have been 
      reported among all transportation workers, as well as specifically in public 
      transportation industries (1-3). The California Department of Public Health 
      (CDPH) calculated public transportation industry-specific COVID-19 outbreak 
      incidence during January 2020-May 2022 and analyzed all laboratory-confirmed 
      COVID-19 deaths among working-age adults in California to calculate public 
      transportation industry-specific mortality rates during the same period. Overall, 
      340 confirmed COVID-19 outbreaks, 5,641 outbreak-associated cases, and 537 
      COVID-19-associated deaths were identified among California public transportation 
      industries. Outbreak incidence was 5.2 times as high (129.1 outbreaks per 1,000 
      establishments) in the bus and urban transit industry and 3.6 times as high in 
      the air transportation industry (87.7) as in all California industries combined 
      (24.7). Mortality rates were 2.1 times as high (237.4 deaths per 100,000 workers) 
      in transportation support services and 1.8 times as high (211.5) in the bus and 
      urban transit industry as in all industries combined (114.4). Workers in public 
      transportation industries are at higher risk for COVID-19 workplace outbreaks and 
      mortality than the general worker population in California and should be 
      prioritized for COVID-19 prevention strategies, including vaccination and 
      enhanced workplace protection measures.
FAU - Heinzerling, Amy
AU  - Heinzerling A
FAU - Vergara, Ximena P
AU  - Vergara XP
FAU - Gebreegziabher, Elisabeth
AU  - Gebreegziabher E
FAU - Beckman, John
AU  - Beckman J
FAU - Wong, Jessie
AU  - Wong J
FAU - Nguyen, Alyssa
AU  - Nguyen A
FAU - Khan, Sana
AU  - Khan S
FAU - Frederick, Matt
AU  - Frederick M
FAU - Bui, David
AU  - Bui D
FAU - Chan, Elena
AU  - Chan E
FAU - Gibb, Kathryn
AU  - Gibb K
FAU - Rodriguez, Andrea
AU  - Rodriguez A
FAU - Jain, Seema
AU  - Jain S
FAU - Cummings, Kristin J
AU  - Cummings KJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220819
PL  - United States
TA  - MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
JT  - MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report
JID - 7802429
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *COVID-19
MH  - California/epidemiology
MH  - Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control
MH  - Humans
MH  - Industry
MH  - SARS-CoV-2
PMC - PMC9400527
COIS- All authors have completed and submitted the International Committee of Medical 
      Journal Editors form for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. No 
      potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.
EDAT- 2022/08/19 06:00
MHDA- 2022/08/23 06:00
PMCR- 2022/08/19
CRDT- 2022/08/18 13:32
PHST- 2022/08/18 13:32 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/08/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/08/23 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/08/19 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - mm7133a4 [pii]
AID - 10.15585/mmwr.mm7133a4 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Aug 19;71(33):1052-1056. doi: 
      10.15585/mmwr.mm7133a4.