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A Bayesian Analysis of the Inversion of the SARS-COV-2 Case Rate in the Countries of the 2020 European Football Championship

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  • Luca Casini

    (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy)

  • Marco Roccetti

    (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy)

Abstract

While Europe was beginning to deal with the resurgence of COVID-19 due to the Delta variant, the European football championship took place from 11 June to 11 July 2021. We studied the inversion in the decreased/increased rate of new SARS-COV-2 infections in the countries of the tournament, investigating the hypothesis of an association. Using a Bayesian piecewise regression with a Poisson generalized linear model, we looked for a changepoint in the timeseries of the new SARS-COV-2 cases of each country, expecting it to appear not later than two to three weeks after the date of their first match. The two slopes, before and after the changepoint, were used to discuss the reversal from a decreasing to an increasing rate of the infections. For 17 out of 22 countries (77%) the changepoint came on average 14.97 days after their first match (95% CI 12.29–17.47). For all those 17 countries, the changepoint coincides with an inversion from a decreasing to an increasing rate of the infections. Before the changepoint, the new cases were decreasing, halving on average every 18.07 days (95% CI 11.81–29.42). After the changepoint, the cases begin to increase, doubling every 29.10 days (95% CI 14.12–9.78). This inversion in the SARS-COV-2 case rate, which happened during the tournament, provides evidence in favor of a relationship.

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  • Luca Casini & Marco Roccetti, 2021. "A Bayesian Analysis of the Inversion of the SARS-COV-2 Case Rate in the Countries of the 2020 European Football Championship," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-16, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jftint:v:13:y:2021:i:8:p:212-:d:615671
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    1. Davide Tosi, 2022. "Editorial for the Special Issue on “Software Engineering and Data Science”," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 14(11), pages 1-2, October.

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