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Is precision public health the future — or a contradiction?

21 Jan, 2022 | 09:31h | UTC

Is precision public health the future — or a contradiction? – Nature

10 lessons I’ve learned from the Covid–19 pandemic.

20 Jan, 2022 | 09:21h | UTC

10 lessons I’ve learned from the Covid–19 pandemic – STAT

Covid pandemic ‘nowhere near over,’ WHO says.

20 Jan, 2022 | 09:18h | UTC

Covid pandemic ‘nowhere near over,’ WHO says – CNN

After Omicron, we could use a break. We may just get it.

20 Jan, 2022 | 09:21h | UTC

After Omicron, we could use a break. We may just get it – STAT

1.8 million excess deaths attributable to urban air pollution in 2019, modelling study suggests.

20 Jan, 2022 | 09:13h | UTC

News Release: The Lancet Planetary Health: 1.8 million excess deaths attributable to urban air pollution in 2019, modelling study suggests

Original Study: Global urban temporal trends in fine particulate matter (PM2·5) and attributable health burdens: estimates from global datasets – The Lancet Planetary Health

Long-term trends in urban NO2 concentrations and associated paediatric asthma incidence: estimates from global datasets – The Lancet Planetary Health

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

NEW—Approx. 86% of people living in urban areas exposed to unhealthy particulate matter levels, leading to 1.8 million excess deaths in 2019: modelling study in @TheLancetPlanet. #AirPollution https://t.co/kw34ANZ4ph

Thread 🧵 pic.twitter.com/QiRXU4QVHP

— The Lancet (@TheLancet) January 6, 2022

The pandemic’s true death toll: millions more than official counts.

19 Jan, 2022 | 08:57h | UTC

The pandemic’s true death toll: millions more than official counts – Nature

We can be confident there have been far more than 5 million global Covid deaths – “Estimating ‘excess’ fatalities, a more robust analysis method, puts the pandemic’s grim toll between 10m and 19m people”.

Global Covid-19 deaths surpass five million.

Effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on life expectancy and premature mortality in 2020 – this time series analysis showed there were more than 28 million excess years of life lost in 2020 in 31 countries.

Under-reporting of deaths limits our understanding of true burden of covid-19.

Study shows COVID-19 has caused the biggest decrease in life expectancy since World War II.

Just how do deaths due to COVID-19 stack up?

Tracking excess mortality across countries during the COVID-19 pandemic with the World Mortality Dataset.

Exploring the gap between excess mortality and COVID-19 deaths in 67 countries.

Report: Three new estimates of India’s all-cause excess mortality during the COVID-19 Pandemic – pandemic death toll estimated to be between 3.4 million and 4.9 million excess deaths.

COVID-19 has caused 6.9 million deaths globally, more than double what official reports show

Commentary on Twitter

The official global death toll for the COVID-19 pandemic has reached 5.5 million, but that figure is a significant underestimate. @Nature reports how researchers are striving to narrow the uncertainties for a global estimate of pandemic deaths. https://t.co/061s4SJrRD

— Nature Portfolio (@NaturePortfolio) January 18, 2022

Opinion: The COVID-Risk social contract is under negotiation.

19 Jan, 2022 | 08:48h | UTC

The COVID-Risk Social Contract Is Under Negotiation – The Atlantic (a few articles per month are free)

WHO says there’s no evidence healthy children and adolescents need Covid boosters.

19 Jan, 2022 | 08:46h | UTC

WHO says there’s no evidence healthy children and adolescents need Covid boosters – CNBC

Opinion: The world won’t be able to boost its way out of the coronavirus pandemic.

19 Jan, 2022 | 08:47h | UTC

The world won’t be able to boost its way out of the coronavirus pandemic – Politico

Fact check: The theory that SARS-CoV-2 is becoming milder.

19 Jan, 2022 | 08:44h | UTC

Fact check: The theory that SARS-CoV-2 is becoming milder – NPR

Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators? Your questions answered.

18 Jan, 2022 | 09:48h | UTC

Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators? Your questions answered – The Conversation

Study raises doubts about rapid Covid tests’ reliability in early days after infection.

18 Jan, 2022 | 09:51h | UTC

Study raises doubts about rapid Covid tests’ reliability in early days after infection – STAT

Original Article (preprint): Discordant SARS-CoV-2 PCR and Rapid Antigen Test Results When Infectious: A December 2021 Occupational Case Series – medRxiv

Rise of the preprint: how rapid data sharing during COVID-19 has changed science forever.

17 Jan, 2022 | 00:45h | UTC

Rise of the preprint: how rapid data sharing during COVID-19 has changed science forever – Nature Medicine

Is Covax finally going to vaccinate the world?

17 Jan, 2022 | 00:29h | UTC

Is Covax finally going to vaccinate the world? – Vox

How Covax failed on its promise to vaccinate the world – “Covax, described as “naively ambitious” by one expert, has contributed just 5% of all vaccines administered globally”.

Perspective | A beautiful idea: how COVAX has fallen short.

WHO Launches Strategy to Achieve Global Covid-19 Vaccination by mid-2022.

WHO special envoys: To beat Covid, there’s a simple lesson – no one’s safe until everyone’s safe.

Joint COVAX Statement on the Equal Recognition of Vaccines – COVAX urges all government authorities to recognize as fully vaccinated all people who have received COVID-19 vaccines that have been deemed safe and effective by WHO.

WHO COVAX Joint Statement: Call to action to equip COVAX to deliver 2 billion doses in 2021.

Covax: How will Covid vaccines be shared around the world?

Opinion: Omicron represents a new kind of epidemic – we must keep up.

17 Jan, 2022 | 00:28h | UTC

Omicron represents a new kind of epidemic – we must keep up – The Guardian

New UK Guidance: Self-isolation for those with COVID-19 can end after 5 full days following 2 negative rapid lateral flow tests – “The default self-isolation period continues to be 10 days, and you may only leave self-isolation early if you have taken 2 rapid lateral flow tests and do not have a temperature in line with guidance”.

14 Jan, 2022 | 08:48h | UTC

Self-isolation for those with COVID-19 can end after 5 full days following 2 negative LFD tests – Department of Health and Social Care

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

Self-isolation period for people infected with COVID in England will be reduced to 5 days from Monday 17 Jan. But it's conditional: 2 NEGATIVE tests on days 5 & 6, & no symptoms, & not in certain high risk situations e.g. working with vulnerable people
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— Andrew Lee is heading to @andrewleedr.bsky.social (@andrewleedr) January 13, 2022