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Coronavirus and Nightclubs
Coronavirus Disease Exposure and Spread from Nightclubs An interesting article in the emerging infectious diseases Journal of the CDC showed that 246 cases of COVID-19 were linked to nightclubs in Seoul, South Korea. During the April 30 to May 5 bank holiday,...
Is diarrhoea a symptom of Coronavirus?
Diarrhoea as a Feature of COVID-19 Disease A study in China published as a letter in the BMJ suggests that the most common symptoms in patients infected by SARS-CoV-2 are fever and cough. They suggested that the incidence of other clinical features was often...
How long do COVID Antibodies last?
The Antibody Response and SARS-CoV-2 Infection, How Long does it Last? A preprint published by Jeffrey Seow and other suggests that the antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 can be detected in most infected individuals 10 to 15 days following the onset of COVID-19...
The Actual Prevalence of Coronavirus
What is the Actual Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in any population and country? An interesting study published in The Lancet by Marina Pollán, Beatriz Pérez-Gómez and others performed a nationwide population-based study to estimate the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2...
Boosting your Immunity during COVID-19
How to Boost your Immunity During This Pandemic A review article in the Scientific American looked at the myths and facts around immunity boosting. They suggested that there were no revolutionary ideas. However, there are some evidence-based steps in order to...
Coronavirus and Obesity
The Fear of COVID-19 for Those Patients Living with Obesity This is reviewed by Le Brocq and others in The Lancet published July 9. Data from France and The United Kingdom show a disproportionately high prevalence of obesity in patients with COVID-19 admitted to...
The Immune response to COVID-19
The Immune Responses and Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 Immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 involve both the cell-mediated immunity and antibody production and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control discussed the following. Cell-Mediated Immune Response T-cell...
A Comparison of Coronavirus and the ‘Flu
A Few Statistics Comparing SARS-CoV-2 with SARS-CoV and Influenza Pandemics An interesting personal view by Professor Eskild Petersen and others in The Lancet published July 3 has some interesting characteristics when comparing the four different viral...
SARS-CoV-2 Virus – where did it come from?
SARS-CoV-2 Virus - where did it come from and where did it evolve? The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control discusses that a meta-analysis of different estimates of the time to the last common ancestor of the virus indicate that the pandemic started...
The Gym and COVID-19
Can You Go Back to The Gym? Should Gyms Be Re-Opened? An interesting pre-print by the TRAiN study group in Norway investigated SARS-CoV-2 virus transmission and COVID-19 disease attributable to training facilities. They randomised 18 to 64 years old with no...
