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In the Spring and Summer of 2020, mass protests erupted across the US in response to police violence against African Americans. At the same time, the US was experiencing a COVID-19 pandemic. Many public health experts wondered whether participating in these protests (exposure) would be associated with being diagnosed with COVID-19 (outcome). 

Imagine you have been hired to draft a plan to study this potential association. 

• Which study design would you choose? (Almost any design is okay). Explain the factors that influenced why you selected that one. Include some of the benefits/drawbacks of your selected study design and the benefits/drawbacks of the study designs you did not select. 
• Write your research question and make a hypothesis about the results. 
• Briefly describe how you would conduct your study, including
• Recruitment strategy and number of participants
• The measure of association to be used (RR/OR)
• Potential confounding variables you would want to collect data on so you could take them into account

Potential biases your study could have and how you would plan to minimize them.