Skagit Chorale COVID-19 outbreak study published by CDC

The March Skagit Chorale COVID-19 outbreak has made headlines around the world. A study by Skagit County Public Health Department staff was published in the Centers for Disease Control’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) in early May.

The study emphasizes the high-transmissibility of COVID-19 and explains new findings about the outbreak event.

MMWR, often called ‘the voice of the CDC,’ is a series of scientific publications published by the CDC to provide timely, authoritative, accurate, objective and useful public health information and recommendations.

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