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antibiotics for pharyngitis remain important sources of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing. Expansion of the HEDIS performance measure for appropriate testing to include adults may promote more appropriate testing and treatment of pharyngitis in adults.

and clinical practice, we suggest a framework for the investigation of suspected recurrence cases (Fig. 1). However, the challenge of this detailed investigation lies in the high resource load required to allow truly robust conclusions, especially considering complicating factors in a postvaccination setting.Nonetheless, we propose that studies that employ such techniques must be undertaken to appropriately answer the multitude of pressing questions that pertain to COVID-19 recurrence. These investigations are particularly significant considering recent reports of reinfection by novel SARS-CoV-2 variants, which may lead to a more severe second episode of disease. 8 Thus, only when we comprehend the complex interplay between COVID-19 recurrence and the other components of the pandemic will we be able to quantify and react to its impact on both the patient and population levels.