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. 2021 May 7;48(8 Suppl):S44–S49. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001463

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A, Weekly visits at the Public Health—Seattle & King County Sexual Health Clinic comparing 2019 (dashed line) and 2020 (solid line) across 3 COVID-19 pandemic mitigation periods: prepandemic, stay-at-home order (Stay Home, Stay Healthy), and reopening (Safe Start). During Stay Home, Stay Healthy, and Safe Start, clinic visits in 2020 were lower than the same period in 2019. B, Weekly visits with prescribed gonorrhea treatment at the Public Health—Seattle & King County Sexual Health Clinic comparing 2020 across 3 COVID-19 pandemic mitigation periods: prepandemic, stay-at-home order (Stay Home, Stay Healthy), and reopening (Safe Start). Because clinic policy changed during Stay Home, Stay Healthy, oral (black line) gonorrhea treatments (cefixime or cefpodoxime) increased in use and ceftriaxone (gray line) decreased. C, Weekly visits with prescribed gonorrhea treatment without laboratory testing at the Public Health—Seattle & King County Sexual Health Clinic comparing 2020 across 3 COVID-19 pandemic mitigation periods: prepandemic, stay-at-home order (Stay Home, Stay Healthy), and reopening (Safe Start). Because clinic policy changed during Stay Home, Stay Healthy, gonorrhea treatment without laboratory confirmation increased.