Author Correction: Optimal pandemic control strategies and cost-effectiveness of COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions in the United States

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Author Correction: BMC Glob. Public Health 3, 76 (2025)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s44263-025–00189-z

Following publication of the original article an error was reported in the Results section. Original versionCorrected versionDescription of error*In the section “Results: Estimating Transmission Dynamics”*Weighting the posterior state-level IFR estimates by the proportion of 2020 US COVID-19 deaths occurring in each state, we obtain a national IFR of 0.78% (0.74%–0.82%)Weighting the posterior state-level IFR estimates by the proportion of 2020 US SARS-CoV-2 infections occurring in each state, we obtain a national IFR of 0.73% (0.68%–0.77%)In the original version, the national infection fatality rate (IFR) was miscalculated, incorrectly using deaths instead of infections to write the national IFR as a weighted average of state-level IFR estimates. Indeed, we have \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$\begin{array}{cc}{{IFR}}^{(USA)}& =\frac{deaths^{(USA)}}{{{infections}}^{(USA)}}\\ & =\frac{{\sum }_{s\in USA}{{deaths}}^{(s)}}{{{infections}}^{(USA)}}\\ & =\frac{{\sum }_{s\in USA}\frac{{{deaths}}^{(s)}}{{{infections}}^{(s)}}\cdot {{infections}}^{(s)}}{{{infections}}^{(USA)}}\\ & =\frac{{\sum }_{s\in USA}{{IFR}}^{(s)}\cdot {{infections}}^{(s)}}{{{infections}}^{(USA)}}\\ & =\sum_{s\in USA}{{IFR}}^{(s)}\cdot \frac{{{infections}}^{(s)}}{{{infections}}^{(USA)}}\end{array}$$\end{document}

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