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ArticleScientific reports2022

SARS-CoV-2 suppression and early closure of bars and restaurants: a longitudinal natural experiment.

Reo Takaku, Izumi Yokoyama, Takahiro Tabuchi, Masaki Oguni, Takeo Fujiwara

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Reo TakakuGraduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi, Japan. reo.takaku@r.hit-u.ac.jp.
Izumi YokoyamaGraduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi, Japan.
Takahiro TabuchiCancer Control Center, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan.
Masaki OguniGraduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi, Japan.
Takeo FujiwaraSchool of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite severe economic damage, full-service restaurants and bars have been closed in hopes of suppressing the spread of SARS-CoV-2 worldwide. This paper explores whether the early closure of restaurants and bars in February 2021 reduced symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 in Japan. Using a large-scale nationally representative longitudinal survey, we found that the early closure of restaurants and bars decreased the utilization rate among young persons (OR 0.688; CI95 0.515-0.918) and those who visited these places before the pandemic (OR 0.754; CI95 0.594-0.957). However, symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 did not decrease in these active and high-risk subpopulations. Among the more inactive and low-risk subpopulations, such as elderly persons, no discernible impacts are observed in both the utilization of restaurants and bars and the symptoms of SARS-CoV-2. These results suggest that the early closure of restaurants and bars without any other concurrent measures does not contribute to the suppression of SARS-CoV-2.

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COVID-19Tobacco Smoke PollutionAgedHumansJapanRestaurantsSARS-CoV-2Tobacco Smoke Pollution

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PMID35871078
PMCPMC9308477

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