General Interest
[Preprint] Observational Study: No Benefit from Hydroxychloroquine in Patients Hospitalized with Covid-19
22 Apr, 2020 | 08:58h | UTCOutcomes of hydroxychloroquine usage in United States veterans hospitalized with Covid-19 – medRxiv
Commentaries: Study finds no benefit, higher death rate in patients taking hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 – CNN AND More deaths, no benefit from malaria drug in VA virus study – Associated Press
Editorial: Modelling the Pandemic
22 Apr, 2020 | 08:48h | UTCModelling the pandemic – The BMJ
Related: Predictive Mathematical Models of the COVID-19 Pandemic (other commentaries on the subject)
“Over-reliance on modelling leads to missteps and blind spots in our response”
Interview: The Epidemiologist Behind Sweden’s Controversial Coronavirus Strategy
22 Apr, 2020 | 08:46h | UTC
Video: Perspectives on the Pandemic | Dr. John Ioannidis Update
21 Apr, 2020 | 08:12h | UTCPerspectives on the Pandemic | Dr. John Ioannidis Update: 4.17.20
Related (from Dr. John Ioannidis): Antibody Tests Suggest that Coronavirus Infections Vastly Exceed Official Counts AND Study: Population-level COVID-19 Mortality Risk
Sweden Says Controversial Virus Strategy Proving Effective
21 Apr, 2020 | 08:09h | UTCSweden Says Controversial Virus Strategy Proving Effective – Bloomberg
Related: Coronavirus in Europe: Is it a myth to say it’s life as normal in Sweden amid COVID-19 pandemic? – Euronews AND Sweden’s government has tried a risky coronavirus strategy. It could backfire – Vox AND Sweden has nearly 10 times the number of COVID-19-related deaths than its Nordic neighbors. Here’s where they went wrong – Business Insider
The Pandemic’s Hidden Victims: Sick or Dying, but Not from the Virus
21 Apr, 2020 | 08:01h | UTCThe Pandemic’s Hidden Victims: Sick or Dying, but Not From the Virus – The New York Times
Cohort Study: Association of Early-Life Social and Digital Media Experiences with Development of Autism Spectrum Disorder–Like Symptoms
21 Apr, 2020 | 07:55h | UTCAssociation of Early-Life Social and Digital Media Experiences With Development of Autism Spectrum Disorder–Like Symptoms – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Expert reaction to study looking at screen time in infants and autism spectrum disorder-like symptoms – Science Media Centre AND More Screen Time, Less Parental Playtime Increase Toddler’s ASD-Like Symptoms – Physician’s Weekly
Randomized Trial: Twitter Promotion Increases Citation Rates of Cardiovascular Articles
21 Apr, 2020 | 07:53h | UTC
Antibody Tests Suggest that Coronavirus Infections Vastly Exceed Official Counts
20 Apr, 2020 | 00:25h | UTCAntibody 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
The Promise and Peril of Antibody Testing for COVID-19
20 Apr, 2020 | 00:23h | UTCThe 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
The Pandemic’s Effects on Patients Without Covid-19
19 Apr, 2020 | 23:58h | UTC
Coronavirus: Nine in 10 Dying Have Existing Illness
17 Apr, 2020 | 02:20h | UTCCoronavirus: Nine in 10 dying have existing illness – BBC
Original Report: Deaths involving COVID-19, England and Wales: deaths occurring in March 2020 – Office for National Statistics
Predictive Mathematical Models of the COVID-19 Pandemic
17 Apr, 2020 | 02:14h | UTCRelated: The Mathematics of Predicting the Course of the Coronavirus – Wired AND Mathematics of life and death: How disease models shape national shutdowns and other pandemic policies – Science AND How to model a pandemic – The Conversation AND Coronavirus exposes the problems and pitfalls of modelling – The Guardian AND Systematic review and critical appraisal of prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of COVID-19 infection – medRxiv AND Modelling the models – CEBM University of Oxford
These European Countries Are Slowly Lifting Coronavirus Lockdowns. Here’s What That Looks Like
17 Apr, 2020 | 02:12h | UTCRelated: When to re-open the economy – Medium AND Strategic preparedness and response plan for the new coronavirus – World Health Organization AND Study: Some Social Distance May Need to Continue Until 2022 AND Ending coronavirus lockdowns will be a dangerous process of trial and error – Science AND ‘Suppress and lift’: Hong Kong and Singapore say they have a coronavirus strategy that works – Science AND Opinions on Lifting Coronavirus Pandemic Lockdowns (opinions and report) AND Scott Gottlieb on how, and when, to end social distancing – Vox AND No country has beaten the coronavirus yet – Vox
Video: Visualizing Speech-Generated Oral Fluid Droplets with Laser Light Scattering
16 Apr, 2020 | 02:59h | UTCCommentaries: Droplets and Aerosols in the Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 – New England Journal of Medicine AND Simply speaking could transmit coronavirus, new study suggests – STAT
Death from Covid-19 of 23 Health Care Workers in China
16 Apr, 2020 | 02:55h | UTCDeath from Covid-19 of 23 Health Care Workers in China – New England Journal of Medicine
Study: Some Social Distance May Need to Continue Until 2022
15 Apr, 2020 | 03:47h | UTCProjecting the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 through the postpandemic period – Science
Commentaries: Coronavirus distancing may need to continue until 2022, say experts – The Guardian AND Harvard Researchers Say Some Social Distancing May Be Needed Into 2022 – Bloomberg AND Researchers Say Social Distancing To Prevent Coronavirus May Need To Continue Until 2022 – Forbes AND Some social distancing may be needed into 2022 to keep coronavirus in check, new study says – STAT
Related Commentary on Twitter
They had me at "Prolonged or intermittent social distancing may be necessary into 2022." An important new @Sciencemagazine paper on what to expect in the #COVID19 "post pandemic" periodhttps://t.co/x1KlVanIxo @mlipsitch @yhgrad @StephenKissler and colleagues @HarvardChanSPH pic.twitter.com/mq2QIWvfgk
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) April 14, 2020
Ending Coronavirus Lockdowns Will be a Dangerous Process of Trial and Error
15 Apr, 2020 | 03:45h | UTCEnding coronavirus lockdowns will be a dangerous process of trial and error – Science
Related: ‘Suppress and lift’: Hong Kong and Singapore say they have a coronavirus strategy that works – Science AND Opinions on Lifting Coronavirus Pandemic Lockdowns (opinions and report) AND Scott Gottlieb on how, and when, to end social distancing – Vox
Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19: No Benefit in New Open-label, Randomized Trial
15 Apr, 2020 | 03:42h | UTC[Preprint] Hydroxychloroquine in patients with COVID-19: an open-label, randomized, controlled trial – medRxiv
See also just published observational study (Preprint): No evidence of clinical efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 infection with oxygen requirement: results of a study using routinely collected data to emulate a target trial – medRxiv
Related Commentary on Twitter
#COVID19 Here comes another dataset of #Hydroxychloroquine from an open-label randomized controlled trial in Chinahttps://t.co/qW93wMDILK
No difference in 28-day #coronavirus negative conversion rate for HCQ + SOC vs SOC
No difference in 28-day symptoms alleviation rate either pic.twitter.com/pOsBSQWeuO
— Andy Biotech (@AndyBiotech) April 14, 2020
FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization to Decontaminate Millions of N95 Respirators
15 Apr, 2020 | 03:38h | UTCCommentary: FDA clears N95 decontamination process that could clean up to 4 million masks per day – Tech Crunch
IHME COVID-19 Estimation Updates
15 Apr, 2020 | 03:34h | UTCSee also: IHME | COVID-19 Projections Tool Tutorial (video) AND IHME COVID-19 Projections Tool
See related article criticizing the model: Caution Warranted: Using the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Model for Predicting the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic – Annals of Internal Medicine
Ethics in the Time of Coronavirus: Recommendations in the COVID-19 Pandemic
14 Apr, 2020 | 03:00h | UTC
Study Validates Loss of Smell and Taste as Symptoms of Covid-19
14 Apr, 2020 | 02:57h | UTC
Face Masks Against COVID-19: An Evidence Review
14 Apr, 2020 | 02:52h | UTCFace Masks Against COVID-19: An Evidence Review – Preprints
Related Analysis: Face Masks for the Public During the Covid-19 Crisis
Study: Antibody Tests Reveal 14% are Immune to Covid-19 in German Town
13 Apr, 2020 | 00:10h | UTC- Blood tests show 14% of people are now immune to covid-19 in one town in Germany – MIT Technology Review
- COVID antibody test in German town shows 15 percent infection rate – Spectator
- Expert reaction to unpublished preliminary findings looking at the presence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 virus in residents of Gangelt, in Germany – Science Media Centre
The original report can be found here (in German)