Thu April 09 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Coronavirus Q&A with Anthony Fauci, MD – JAMA

2 – Interview with Dr. Eric Rubin and Dr. Lindsey Baden on emerging tools in the fight against Covid-19. – New England Journal of Medicine

3 – Quarantine alone or in combination with other public health measures to control COVID‐19: a rapid review – Cochrane Library

Commentary: How effective is quarantine alone or in combination with other public health measures to control coronavirus (COVID-19)? – Cochrane Library

4 – The COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease May Be Twice As Contagious As We Thought – Forbes

Original Study: High Contagiousness and Rapid Spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 – CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases

5 – Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in covid-19 – Tue BMJ

“Use of these drugs is premature and potentially harmful”

6 – Considerations for Drug Interactions on QTc in Exploratory COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) Treatment – Circulation

News Release: Caution recommended on COVID-19 treatment with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin for patients with cardiovascular disease – American Heart Association

Commentaries: Medical groups urge caution when using hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin to treat COVID-19 patients with CVD – Cardiovascular Business AND AHA, ACC, HRS Caution Use of COVID-19 Therapies Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin in Cardiac Patients – DAIC

7 – Safety considerations with chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin in the management of SARS-CoV-2 infection – Canadian Medical Association Journal

Commentary: Potential harms of chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin for treating COVID-19 – Canadian Medical Association Journal

8 – [Preprint] Population-level COVID-19 mortality risk for non-elderly individuals overall and for non-elderly individuals without underlying diseases in pandemic epicenters – medRxiv

Related perspectives from the same author:

Video: Perspectives on the Pandemic with Dr. John Ioannidis

Podcast: Be it resolved, we are making high-stakes decisions about the COVID-19 pandemic without reliable data. – Munk Debates Podcast

Editorial: Coronavirus disease 2019: the harms of exaggerated information and non‐evidence‐based measures – European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Opinion Piece: A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data – STAT

9 – [Preprint] Neutralizing antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in a COVID-19 recovered patient cohort and their implications – medRxiv

Commentaries: expert reaction to preprint (not a published paper) on antibody responses to the COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2) in a group of recovered people in Shanghai – Science Media Centre AND Covid-19 Antibody Update for April 8 – Science Translational Medicine AND Coronavirus: low antibody levels raise questions about reinfection risk – South China Morning Post

10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 09 April 2020 Edition

09 April 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)