COVID-19 mortality and contemporaneous air pollution
COVID-19 mortality and contemporaneous air pollution
This paper examines the relationship between contemporaneous exposure to fine particulate matter and COVID-19 morbidity and mortality. Harnessing daily changes in county-level wind direction (within the United States), they show that fluctuations in local air quality can almost immediately impact the rate of confirmed cases and deaths from COVID-19.
Publication Date:
05/10/2020