Wed June 03 – 10 Stories of The Day!

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

2 – Coronavirus: what a second wave might look like – The Conversation

3 – Clustering and superspreading potential of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in Hong Kong – Research Square

Commentary: Just Stop the Superspreading – The New York Times

Related: Why do some COVID-19 patients infect many others, whereas most don’t spread the virus at all? – Science AND ‘Superspreaders’ Could Actually Make Covid-19 Easier to Control – Bloomberg

4 – Studies Estimate Covid-19 Infection Risk in Health Care Workers

Study 1: Prevalence and Clinical Presentation of Health Care Workers With Symptoms of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in 2 Dutch Hospitals During an Early Phase of the Pandemic – JAMA Network Open

Study 2: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-2019) Infection Among Health Care Workers and Implications for Prevention Measures in a Tertiary Hospital in Wuhan, China – JAMA Network Open

Editorial: Estimating Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection Risk in Health Care Workers – JAMA Network Open

Commentary: Patterns of COVID-19 in Health Professionals Offers Clues for Disease Control – TCTMD

5 – Blood vessel attack could trigger coronavirus’ fatal ‘second phase’ – Science

6 – Google Mobility Trends: How has the pandemic changed the movement of people around the world? – Our World in Data

7 – Basic Psychosocial Skills: A Guide for COVID-19 Responders – Inter-Agency Standing Committee

News Release: Basic Psychosocial Skills: A Guide for COVID-19 Responders – World Health Organization

8 – Expression of concern: Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis – The Lancet

See also: An Open Letter to Mehra et al and The Lancet (further commentaries on the subject)

Commentary: Top medical journals raise concerns about data in two studies related to Covid-19 – STAT

“we are issuing an Expression of Concern to alert readers to the fact that serious scientific questions have been brought to our attention. We will update this notice as soon as we have further information.”

9 – Editorial: Expression of Concern: Mehra MR et al. Cardiovascular Disease, Drug Therapy, and Mortality in Covid-19. N Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2007621 – New England Journal of Medicine

See also: An open letter to Mehra et al and The New England Journal of Medicine – Zenodo

Commentary: Top medical journals raise concerns about data in two studies related to Covid-19 – STAT

“We have asked the authors to provide evidence that the data are reliable. In the interim and for the benefit of our readers, we are publishing this Expression of Concern about the reliability of their conclusions.”

10 –COVID-19 Updates / 03 June 2020 Edition

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