General Interest
Must-see Video! Perspectives on the Pandemic with Dr. John Ioannidis
27 Mar, 2020 | 04:03h | UTCPerspectives on the Pandemic with Dr. John Ioannidis
Related Article: Editorial by John P.A. Ioannidis: COVID-19: The Harms of Exaggerated Information and Non‐evidence‐based Measures (free study and commentaries)
Mathematics of Life and Death: How Disease Models Shape National Shutdowns and Other Pandemic Policies
27 Mar, 2020 | 04:01h | UTCSee also: How to model a pandemic – The Conversation AND Coronavirus exposes the problems and pitfalls of modelling – The Guardian
Analysis: Managing Mental Health Challenges Faced by Healthcare Workers During Covid-19 Pandemic
27 Mar, 2020 | 03:55h | UTCManaging mental health challenges faced by healthcare workers during covid-19 pandemic – The BMJ
Related Study: Factors Associated With Mental Health Outcomes Among Health Care Workers Exposed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 – JAMA Network Open AND Commentary: Survey Finds COVID-19 Takes Heavy Psychological Toll on Health Care Workers – Psychiatric News Alert
Perspective: When Science Needs Self-Correcting
27 Mar, 2020 | 03:36h | UTCWhen Science Needs Self-Correcting – Medium (free)
“Admitting scientific errors is hard. It’s also important.”
Study: Travel Restrictions are Most Useful in the Early and Late Phase of an Epidemic
26 Mar, 2020 | 02:25h | UTCThe effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China – Science
News Release: Travel restrictions are most useful in the early and late phase of an epidemic – University of Oxford
Report: Evidence of Initial Success for China Exiting COVID-19 Social Distancing Policy After Achieving Containment
26 Mar, 2020 | 02:26h | UTCSee also: Summary
Commentaries: Initial success for COVID-19 social distancing in China – Imperial College London AND China shows way to ease lockdowns before vaccine, says report – The Guardian AND When can we let up? Health experts craft strategies to safely relax coronavirus lockdowns – STAT
Related: What China’s coronavirus response can teach the rest of the world – Nature AND Locked-down no longer, China’s Hubei begins return to normal – Reuters AND The effect of control strategies to reduce social mixing on outcomes of the COVID-19 epidemic in Wuhan, China: a modelling study – The Lancet Public Health
Analysis: What is the Risk of Dying from COVID-19?
26 Mar, 2020 | 02:23h | UTCWhat do we know about the risk of dying from COVID-19? – Our World in Data
Related: Global Covid-19 Case Fatality Rates – Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Oxford (free)
Preprint: To Stop COVID-19, Test Everyone, Repeatedly
26 Mar, 2020 | 01:50h | UTCTo stop COVID-19, test everyone, repeatedly – Medium
Study: Persistence of Coronaviruses on Inanimate Surfaces and Their Inactivation with Biocidal Agents
26 Mar, 2020 | 02:06h | UTCCommentaries: Coronavirus: household cleaning products can kill the virus – an expert on which ones to use – The Conversation AND One graphic shows how long the coronavirus lives on surfaces like cardboard, plastic, and steel – Business Insider
Related Study: Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1 – New England Journal of Medicine
COVID Ethics: Should clinicians see patients without appropriate PPE?
26 Mar, 2020 | 01:48h | UTCCOVID Ethics: Should clinicians see patients without appropriate PPE? – First10EM
See also: COVID-19: Updates in Bioethics
Hydroxychloroquine: Small Study Shows No Benefit
26 Mar, 2020 | 01:39h | UTCCommentary: Chloroquine Use For COVID-19 Shows No Benefit In First Small—But Limited—Controlled Trial – Forbes
Related: Coronavirus treatment hype can lead to harm – Lown Institute AND No, These Medicines Cannot Cure Coronavirus – The New York times
See also: Chloroquine for COVID-19: Cutting Through the Hype
Study Estimates Impact of Social Distancing on Reducing Spread of COVID-19
25 Mar, 2020 | 02:51h | UTCCommentaries: Singapore modelling study estimates impact of physical distancing on reducing spread of COVID-19 – The Lancet AND Scientific and ethical basis for social-distancing interventions against COVID-19 – The Lancet Infectious Diseases AND Study: Social distancing might reduce COVID-19 spread by as much as 99% – UPI
Pill Splitting: Making the Most of Meds in a Time of Need
25 Mar, 2020 | 02:29h | UTC
Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19
24 Mar, 2020 | 11:42h | UTCCommentary: Life, or death? Experts guide pandemic medical equipment decisions – CIDRAP
Related Perspective: The Toughest Triage — Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic – New England Journal of Medicine
COVID-19: What About Prisons?
24 Mar, 2020 | 11:16h | UTC- Prisons and custodial settings are part of a comprehensive response to COVID-19 – The Lancet Public Health
- Preventing COVID-19 outbreak in prisons: a challenging but essential task for authorities – WHO/Europe
- COVID-19: prisons and other prescribed places of detention guidance – Public Health England
- A coronavirus outbreak in jails or prisons could turn into a nightmare – Vox
- ‘A Storm Is Coming’: Fears of an Inmate Epidemic as the Virus Spreads in the Jails – The New York Times
- ‘Everyone will be contaminated’: prisons face strict coronavirus controls – The Guardian
CEBM Estimates Infection Rate Fatality (IFR) of COVID-19 at 0,20%
23 Mar, 2020 | 01:16h | UTCGlobal Covid-19 Case Fatality Rates – Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Oxford (free)
IDSA Statement: COVID-19 Prioritization of Diagnostic Testing
20 Mar, 2020 | 11:01h | UTCCOVID-19 Prioritization of Diagnostic Testing – Infectious Diseases Society of America (free PDF)
Summary: IDSA Statement On COVID-19 Testing Recommendations – Infectious Diseases Society of America (free)
Editorial by John P.A. Ioannidis: COVID-19: The Harms of Exaggerated Information and Non‐evidence‐based Measures
23 Mar, 2020 | 01:08h | UTCRelated Opinion Piece: A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data – STAT (free)
Rebuttal 1: We know enough now to act decisively against Covid-19. Social distancing is a good place to start – STAT (free)
Rebuttal 2: A Rebuttal to “A Fiasco in the Making?” – Hilda Bastian (Free)
New Preliminary Studies with Hydroxychloroquine:
20 Mar, 2020 | 10:57h | UTCThis was an open-label study with only 42 patients without patient-relevant endpoints. The 6 patients that received Hydroxychloroquine + Azithromycin achieved more efficient virus elimination than control patients.
New in Vitro Study: Hydroxychloroquine, a less toxic derivative of chloroquine, is effective in inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 infection in vitro – Cell Discovery (free)
Related Articles: In Vitro Antiviral Activity and Projection of Optimized Dosing Design of Hydroxychloroquine for the Treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free PDF) AND New insights on the antiviral effects of chloroquine against coronavirus: what to expect for COVID-19? – International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents (free) AND A systematic review on the efficacy and safety of chloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19 – Journal of Critical Care (free) AND Of chloroquine and COVID-19 – Antiviral Research (free)
Video: Coronavirus Update with Anthony Fauci, MD
19 Mar, 2020 | 11:04h | UTCCoronavirus Update with Anthony Fauci, MD – March 18, 2020 – JAMA (free)
Podcast: New Research on Possible Treatments for Covid-19
19 Mar, 2020 | 10:57h | UTC
Report: Impact of Non-pharmaceutical Interventions to Reduce COVID19 Mortality and Healthcare Demand
18 Mar, 2020 | 09:53h | UTCSummary: Report 9 – Imperial College London (free)
Commentaries: US, UK coronavirus strategies shifted following UK epidemiologists’ ominous report – CNN (free) AND New Analysis Suggests Months Of Social Distancing May Be Needed To Stop Virus – NPR (free)
“…in an unmitigated epidemic, we would predict approximately 510,000 deaths in GB and 2.2 million in the US, not accounting for the potential negative effects of health systems being overwhelmed on mortality.”
‘A Ticking Time Bomb’: Scientists Worry About Coronavirus Spread in Africa
17 Mar, 2020 | 08:48h | UTC‘A ticking time bomb’: Scientists worry about coronavirus spread in Africa – Science (free)
Related: Managing COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-Income Countries – JAMA (free) AND Inside the Efforts to Prepare African Countries for COVID-19 – TIME (free) AND Looming threat of COVID-19 infection in Africa: act collectively, and fast – The Lancet (free) AND Is the Africa prepared for tackling the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic? – lessons from past outbreaks, ongoing pan-African public health efforts, and implications for the future – International Journal of Infectious Diseases (free PDF)
COVID-19: Undocumented Infections are the Infection Source for 79% of Documented Cases
17 Mar, 2020 | 08:51h | UTCCommentaries: 80% of COVID-19 spreads from people who don’t know they are sick – UPI (free) AND Coronavirus Is Hiding in Plain Sight – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: COVID-19: Who Is Infectious? – Forbes (free) AND Infected people without symptoms might be driving the spread of coronavirus more than we realized – CNN (free)
WHO Guidance: Mental Health and Psychosocial Considerations During COVID-19 Outbreak
16 Mar, 2020 | 07:57h | UTCMental Health and Psychosocial Considerations During COVID-19 Outbreak – World Health Organization (free PDF)
Related: The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence – The Lancet (free) AND Behavioural scientists form new front in battle against coronavirus – The Guardian (free)
“Minimize watching, reading or listening to news that causes you to feel anxious or distressed; seek information only from trusted sources and mainly to take practical steps to prepare your plans and protect yourself and loved ones.”