An interesting preprint published by Miron and others in Medrxiv retrospectively examined COVID-19 incidence in 20 countries that held mass gathering rallies in the USA in August to September 2020. They were compared to the rest of the United States’ counties. ...
A preprint in Medrxiv by a Dutch group looked at five commercially available rapid antigen essays on samples from 1754 people who had already tested positive for the coronavirus with a standard PCR test, which is sensitive, but slow. The two most sensitive...
An interesting correspondence by Hernandez published October 22, 2020 in The Lancet looks at the answers to this perplexing question. One of the most striking facts about the COVID-19 pandemic is the notable difference in approach, attitude, control measures,...
An interesting comment by Chris T Bauch in The Lancet Infectious Diseases published October 22, 2020 looked at this point. The basic reproduction number (R0) is the average number of infections produced by a single infectious person in a population with no...
An interesting article by Moutier in the Journal of the American Medical Association Psychiatry October 16, 2020 discusses this topic. Moutier suggests that suicide was a leading cause of death with devastating emotional and societal costs prior to the COVID-19...
An interesting abstract by Poirer in Nature looks at this in detail. Influenza studies have shown that influenza viruses survive longer on surfaces or in droplets in cold and dry air, thus increasing the likelihood of subsequent transmission. A...
