Immunity Passports? Uh, No! Confusion with Antibody tests
Nice article in USA Today on questions and confusion with antibody tests. Antibody, or serology, tests measure whether a person has...
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Finding the signal in the noise of Covid-19
Reporting and balanced evaluation of research results, data sets, applications and models, and commentaries related to Covid-19 and its underlying virus, SARS-Cov-2
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Keeping the country closed until everyone is tested is not feasible
My op-ed was just published in The Philadelphia Inquirer making the point that NOW is the time to find more balanced social distancing...
NY Times Article on Status of Coronavirus Testing
A NY Times commentary from an infectious disease expert provides a great summary of where we are in coronavirus testing and why we are...
Bearer of Good Coronavirus News not welcome
This commentary in WSJ discusses experiences of Stanford data scientist John Ioannidis, whose wife Sespina Contopoulos-Ioannidis is an...
US medical testing, cancer screenings plunge during lockdowns
A report from Komodo Health shows prevention and screening tests have fallen substantially in the past month during the lockdown, with...
Philadelphia appears to be "past the peak"
Article from Phillyvoice mentions that Covid incidence has been declining in the city, providing encouraging results, but warning not to...
Unlocking the 40-day national lockdown in India: There is no magic key
This article presents detailed recommendations for next steps for India done by the covid19-india group led by Bhramar Mukherjee. Very...
Some young and middle aged people, barely sick with COVID-19, are dying from strokes
Washington Post article -- interesting -- strange how this virus isn't what it first appeared to be, and how crucial cardiovascular...
Not Enough COVID-19 Tests ... Yet Too Many COVID-19 Tests
Interest article from fivethirtyeight.com talking about our tricky situation with covid testing
Current NIH Guidelines for COVID-19 Treatment
Current NIH recommendations on Covid-19 Treatment: * No treatment shown to be safe and effective yet. * Remdesivir and HCQ/CQ said to...
Johns Hopkins Public Health Principles for a Phased Reopening During COVID-19: Guide for Governors
Guidelines from CenterforHealthSecurity.org: The contact tracing is most difficult part in the USA right now.
Article on "Swedish Model" by Project-Syndicate
Nice article on Project-Syndicate discussing Swedish strategy to covid that did not practice social distancing until much later and did...
Commentary by Derek Lowe at Science Translational Medicine on Small Molecule Clinical Data
Here is a blog in Science Translational Medicine that looks at available evidence for the three main antiviral treatment regimens being...
NIH Private-Public Partnerships Launched to Speed COVID-19 Vaccine and Treatment Options
Great private-partnership effort to try to coordinate the hundreds of civid-related research studies so we can most effectively and...
Media's Virus Messaging Shapes Public Compliance, Skepticism (RealClearPolitics)
Interesting article from my favorite balanced political website RealClearPolitics tracking the media's discussion of the virus, seeing as...
What Next with COVID-19?
Ok -- I can't any longer resist the temptation to say what I think about the next steps in this covid crisis ... these are my own...
WHO Launches Global Meta-Trial of COVID-19
Science magazine describes international WHO clinical trial for covid-19. It randomizes between local standard of care, Remdisivir,...
Which Coronavirus statistics can we trust and which should we ignore?
Article in the Observer from two well-know statisticians, Sylvia Richardson and David Spiegelhalter, summarizing the trickiness of...
Diagram Showing How COVID-19 Attacks the Body
Very informative and accessible diagram showing how COVID-19 affects you
Asymptomatic and Mild Cases of COVID-19: potential concern
Article looking at immune response and possible immunity or not -- we still have a lot to learn!
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