Transmission prevention behaviors in US households with SARS-CoV-2 cases in 2020.

Rebecca J RubinsteinWenwen MeiCaitlin A CassidyGabrielle StreeterChristopher BashamCarla CeramiFeng-Chang LinJessica T LinKatie R Mollan

Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2022)

In-home masking during household exposure to COVID-19 was infrequent in 2020. In light of ongoing transmission of SARS-CoV-2, these findings underscore a need for health campaigns to increase the feasibility and social desirability of in-home masking among exposed household members. Joint messaging on social responsibility and prevention of breakthrough infections, reinfections, and long COVID-19 may help motivate transmission-interruption behaviors.

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