Wed May 27 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Revealing the toll of COVID-19: A technical package for rapid mortality surveillance and epidemic response – World Health Organization

2 – WHO Manifesto for a healthy recovery from COVID-19 – World Health Organization

3 – “Is It Safe for Me to Go to Work?” Risk Stratification for Workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic – New England Journal of Medicine

4 – When You Can be Around Others After You Had or Likely Had COVID-19 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

“I think or know I had COVID-19, and I had symptoms”.

You can be with others after:

• 3 days with no fever AND
• Symptoms improved AND
• 10 days since symptoms first appeared”

5 – Loss of Smell and Taste in 2013 European Patients With Mild to Moderate COVID-19 – Annals of Internal Medicine

6 – Just the Facts: What drugs are safe and effective for COVID-19? – Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Related Guidelines: NIH Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Treatment Guidelines – National Institutes of Health AND Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Treatment and Management of Patients with COVID-19 Infection

“Apart from supportive care, there are no current effective therapeutics for COVID-19”

7 – The Totality of the Evidence – Boston Review

See other interesting perspectives from the Boston Review: Models v. Evidence AND Good Science Is Good Science

“Given what we know now, it is reasonable to consider alternatives to population-wide lockdown, even as we focus on protecting those most at risk and support health care systems to care for patients who are sick.”

8 – Advanced Pulmonary and Cardiac Support of COVID-19 Patients: Emerging Recommendations From ASAIO—a Living Working Document – Circulation: Heart Failure

9 – Efficacy and safety of convalescent plasma for severe COVID-19 based on evidence in other severe respiratory viral infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Canadian Medical Association Journal

10 –COVID-19 Updates / 27 May 2020 Edition

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