# Covid: Se upp med födelsedagar
Author: Niklas

Från en amerikansk studie:

> ”We found that in counties where Covid-19 was prevalent, infections in households increased by nearly 30 percent in the two weeks following a household birthday, compared to households that did not have a birthday. This “birthday effect” was even larger in households with a child’s birthday.”

Intressant läsning i The New York Times.

» [The Covid ‘Birthday Effect’ Crossed Political Boundaries](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/opinion/covid-risk-birthdays-study.html?referringSource=articleShare)

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