Facemasks, Testing, Lockdowns and the Association with Country Wide COVID Mortality An interesting preprint updated August 2020 by Leffler and others looked at determining the sources of variation between countries in per capita mortality from COVID-19. They...
France and COVID-19, How is it Grappling with the Pragmatics of Isolation An interesting comment by Atlani-Dualt & Others published October 9, 2020 in the Lancet Public Health. They suggest that the current phase of COVID-19 is forcing countries to choose between...
What Happened to Obstetric Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic? An interesting correspondence in The Lancet Infectious Diseases Journal, published 5 October 2020 by Khalil and others reported an increase in stillbirths during the COVID-19 pandemic which was unlikely to...
In-Flight Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Does it Occur? An interesting article published in the Journal of Travel Medicine September 2020 by David Freedman and Annelies Wilder-Smith looked at this vexing question. They highlighted that the absence of large numbers of...
Mental Health and COVID-19 An informative editorial in the Lancet published October 10, 2020 fears that the investment in mental health has just not happened. They cite the theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day on October 10 which had increased investment in...
Susceptibility to SARS-Cov-2 Infection Among Children and Adolescents Compared with Adults An interesting review and metanalysis in the Journal of the American Medical Association published by Weiner and others in September 2020 looked at the evidence on the...
