Mon April 20 – 10 Stories of The Day!
20 Apr, 2020 | 00:29h | UTC
1 – Antibody tests suggest that coronavirus infections vastly exceed official counts – Nature
See original preprint study: COVID-19 Antibody Seroprevalence in Santa Clara County, California – medRxiv
Author interview: Dr. John Ioannidis Announces Results of COVID-19 Serology Study (video)
Other commentaries: Far more people may have been infected by coronavirus in one California county, study estimates – CNN AND The number of coronavirus infections in Santa Clara, California may be up to 85 times higher than testing shows, according to new research – Business Insider AND Up to 4% of Silicon Valley is already infected with coronavirus – MIT Technology Review
2 – The Promise and Peril of Antibody Testing for COVID-19 – JAMA
See also: Will antibody tests for the coronavirus really change everything? – Nature AND Antibody Test, Seen as Key to Reopening Country, Does Not Yet Deliver – The New York Times AND With Broad, Random Tests for Antibodies, Germany Seeks Path out of Lockdown
4 – The Science Underlying COVID-19: Implications for the Cardiovascular System – Circulation
Commentary: Priorities for Cath Labs in the COVID-19 Tsunami – American College of Cardiology
Related: Reperfusion of STEMI in the COVID-19 Era – Business as Usual? – Circulation AND As COVID-19 Spreads, US Cath Labs Ponder Fibrinolytics for STEMI – TCTMD
8 – What’s Happening With Remdesivir? – Science Translational Medicine
See also: Slow down your giddyup on Gilead news – Health News Review
Commentary: Study examines how Hong Kong managed first wave of COVID-19 without resorting to complete lockdown – The Lancet AND How Hong Kong dodged a major coronavirus outbreak without resorting to a complete lockdown using a combination of targeted isolation and social distancing – Daily Mail AND Expert reaction to paper assessing the impact of non- pharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19 in Hong Kong – Science Media Centre
10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 20 April 2020 Edition
20 April 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)