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Volume 29, Number 12—December 2023
Research

Work Attendance with Acute Respiratory Illness Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic, United States, 2018–2022

Faruque AhmedComments to Author , Mary Patricia Nowalk, Richard K. Zimmerman, Todd Bear, Carlos G. Grijalva, H. Keipp Talbot, Ana Florea, Sara Y. Tartof, Manjusha Gaglani, Michael Smith, Huong Q. McLean, Jennifer P. King, Emily T. Martin, Arnold S. Monto, C. Hallie Phillips, Karen J. Wernli, Brendan Flannery, Jessie R. Chung, and Amra Uzicanin
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (F. Ahmed, B. Flannery, J.R. Chung, A. Uzicanin); University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (M.P. Nowalk, R.K. Zimmerman, T. Bear); Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA (C.G. Grijalva, H.K. Talbot); Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California, USA (A. Florea, S.Y. Tartof); Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Temple (M. Gaglani); Baylor Scott and White Health, Temple, Texas, USA (M. Gaglani, M. Smith); Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA (H.Q. McLean, J.P. King); University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (E.T. Martin, A.S. Monto); Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA (C.H. Phillips, K.J. Wernli)

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Table 5

Likelihood of working onsite among adults with COVID-19 illness who were scheduled to work, by day when COVID-19–positive PCR test result was available, United States, October 2020–June 2022*

Characteristic Value
Scheduled to work on day 1 of COVID-19 illness†
COVID-19–positive PCR result available on day 1 of illness 50.0 (6/12)
COVID-19–positive PCR result available after day 1 of illness
 52.1 (483/928)
Scheduled to work on day 2 of COVID-19 illness‡
COVID-19–positive PCR result available on day 1 or 2 of illness 5.2 (5/97)§
COVID-19–positive PCR result available after day 2 of illness
 25.0 (203/813)
Scheduled to work on day 3 of COVID-19 illness¶
COVID-19–positive PCR result available on day 1, 2, or 3 of illness 4.7 (10/211)§
COVID-19–positive PCR result available after day 3 of illness 17.2 (118/688)

*Day of illness when COVID-19 positive result was available was computed by comparing the date of illness onset with the date that COVID-19–positive PCR test result was available. Values represent % worked onsite (no. worked onsite/no. scheduled to work). Worked onsite represents onsite only or hybrid work location. Analysis was restricted to persons with COVID-19 as shown in Table 4. †Unknown when COVID-19 positive PCR result was available = 80 persons. ‡Unknown when COVID-19 positive PCR result was available = 76 persons. §p<0.001. ¶Unknown when COVID-19 positive PCR result was available = 75 persons.

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