Posts Tagged ‘covid19’

Ending coronavirus lockdowns will be a dangerous process of trial and error | Science | AAAS

May 2, 2020

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Exit strategy

For now, the most likely scenario is one of easing social distancing measures when it’s possible, then clamping down again when infections climb back up, a “suppress and lift” strategy that both Singapore and Hong Kong are pursuing. Whether that approach can strike the right balance between keeping the virus at bay and easing discontent and economic damage remains to be seen.

Jeremy Farrar, head of the Wellcome Trust, says a path out of the dilemma now facing the world will come from research. It might take the form of an effective treatment for severely ill patients, or a drug that can prevent infections in health care workers,
or—ultimately—a vaccine. “Science is the exit strategy,” Farrar says. “}}

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/ending-coronavirus-lockdowns-will-be-dangerous-process-trial-and-error

Covid-19 quickly kills some while others don’t show symptoms. Can genetics explain this? – The Washington Post

May 2, 2020

https://www.covid19hg.org/

Covid-19 quickly kills some while others don’t show symptoms. Can genetics explain this? – The Washington Post
By Andrea Ganna, Benjamin Neale and Mark Daly

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/27/covid-19-quickly-kills-some-while-others-dont-show-symptoms-can-genetics-explain-this/

Open science takes on the coronavirus pandemic

May 2, 2020

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01246-3

“Open hardware” via 3D printing + readily available plastic materials => instant #PPE for #COVID19

Airborne Coronavirus Detected in Wuhan Hospitals – The New York Times

May 2, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/health/coronavirus-hospital-aerosols.html

Why the World Bank ex-chief is on a mission to end coronavirus transmission

May 2, 2020

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01218-7

The coronavirus enters cells through a receptor, a potential key to a drug

May 2, 2020

https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/10/coronavirus-ace-2-receptor/

Can Coronavirus Live in the Air? Update on Covid-19 Aerosol Study – Bloomberg

May 1, 2020

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-27/coronavirus-lingers-in-air-of-crowded-spaces-new-study-finds?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=content&utm_content=tofu

Coronavirus: Switzerland says young children can hug grandparents – BBC News

April 30, 2020

Is the following quote on #covid19 from @BBCNews
true? “The [Swiss] health ministry’s infectious diseases chief Daniel Koch said scientists had concluded that young children did not transmit the virus… They just don’t have the receptors to catch the disease.”

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52470838

Machine learning could check if you’re social distancing properly at work | MIT Technology Review

April 29, 2020

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/17/1000092/ai-machine-learning-watches-social-distancing-at-work/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1587145642

How accurate is the US coronavirus death count? Some experts say it’s off by ‘tens of thousands’ – ABC News

April 29, 2020

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/accurate-us-coronavirus-death-count-experts-off-tens/story?id=70385359