Mon April 20 – 10 Stories of The Day!

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

3 – How does coronavirus kill? Clinicians trace a ferocious rampage through the body, from brain to toes – Science

4 – The Science Underlying COVID-19: Implications for the Cardiovascular System – Circulation

5 – COVID-19 and Thrombotic or Thromboembolic Disease: Implications for Prevention, Antithrombotic Therapy, and Follow-up – Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Commentary: JACC Paper Outlines Implications, Considerations For Thrombotic Disease Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic – American College of Cardiology

6 – Priorities for Cath labs in the COVID-19 tsunami: Roberto Ferrari and co-authors present a procedure to follow subsequent to the outbreak in Italy – European Heart Journal

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

7 – Disruptive Modifications to Cardiac Critical Care Delivery During the Covid-19 Pandemic: An International Perspective – Journal of the American College of Cardiology

8 – What’s Happening With Remdesivir? – Science Translational Medicine

See also: Slow down your giddyup on Gilead news – Health News Review

9 – Impact assessment of non-pharmaceutical interventions against coronavirus disease 2019 and influenza in Hong Kong: an observational study – The Lancet Public Health

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)