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How is COVID-19 Spread
What is the dominant route for the spread of Covid-19? Zhang and others published a research article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, PNAS. They analysed the trend and mitigation measures in three epicentres...
COVID-19 What is the Culprit
What is the Culprit in the COVID-19 Disease? The Lancet Infectious Disease Journal highlights a comment by Yi and others, which helps to identify a possible route for transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus into the human and its resultant effect. The COVID-19...
Coronavirus and Cholesterol
Does high cholesterol lead to more severe COVID-19 infection? An abstract by Hao Wang & others revealed that when they loaded cells with cholesterol from blood serum using transport in apolipoprotein E this enhanced the endocytic entry of SARS-CoV-2. High...
COVID-19 the next step?
Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection: What is the next step after lockdown? An important challenge for returning to normality is the prevalence of asymptomatic infection and the question of whether such individuals could sustain community virus transmission. Two...
Why have death rates from Coronavirus plateaued
Why have deaths from COVID-19 plateaued in Europe? Is this due to herd immunity? Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 appears to be in marked decline in many countries in Europe, North America and parts of Asia. This follows unprecedented governmental interventions, which...
Social Distancing and COVID-19
Physical distancing, face masks and eye protection, do they prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19? A review published in The Lancet by Derek Chu and others June 1, 2020. The authors aimed to investigate the effects of physical distance, face...
Coronavirus and Anti-Inflammatories
COVID-19 and Anti-inflammatories Initially, due to a French diplomat, it was suggested that anti-inflammatories such as Ibuprofen or Voltarol should not be taken by those patients who might be at risk of developing COVID-19 or being subject to coronavirus...
COVID-19 and Blood Type
Blood Group and Severity of COVID-19 It has been found that having type A blood is linked to a 50% increase in the likelihood that a patient would need oxygen or have to go on a ventilator. This was from a pre-print and not peer reviewed article by Ellinghouse...
Coronavirus Vaccines – Where are we?
COVID-19 Vaccine Development, Where Are We? This is neatly discussed by Nelson Lean and Allison McGeer in a comment article in The Lancet dated May 28, 2020. Clearly, developing a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine is a global priority. Researchers in China,...
Coronavirus and Eating Disorders
Food insecurity. Will this be the sting in the tail following the COVID-19 pandemic? An interesting editorial in The Lancet Global Health discusses the situation in poorer countries following COVID-19 infection. UNICEF published a discussion documented on...
