Month: March 2020

Epidemiology of Covid-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility in King County

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New England Journal Paper
March 31, 2020
Dr. John Campbell

Epidemiology of Covid-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility in King County, Washington
NEJM. March 27, 2020
Temet M. McMichael, Ph.D., et al.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2005412

Defining the Epidemiology of Covid-19 — Studies Needed
March 26, 2020
N Engl J Med 2020; 382:1194-1196
Marc Lipsitch, et al.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2002125

Contact tracing

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How South Korea became the ‘model’ for beating the coronavirus
March 26, 2020
Channel 4 News

How South Korea Reined In The Outbreak Without Shutting Everything Down
March 26, 2020
Jason Beaubien
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/26/821688981/how-south-korea-reigned-in-the-outbreak-without-shutting-everything-down

Tuesday 31st March Update
March 31, 2020
Dr. John Campbell

Coronavirus: Cómo Chile logró tener una tasa de mortalidad tan baja como las de Alemania o Corea del Sur
Chile ha confirmado un gran número de contagios (el segundo mayor de Sudamérica en términos absolutos), pero reporta una de las tasas de letalidad más bajas de la región
4 abril, 2020
https://elcomercio.pe/mundo/latinoamerica/coronavirus-como-chile-ha-logrado-contener-la-propagacion-del-covid-19-y-tener-una-de-las-tasas-de-mortalidad-mas-bajas-de-america-latina-noticia
49 laboratorios
3.000 pruebas de diagnóstico al día
Chile gasta US$2.229 per cápita en salud
respiradores mecánicos … de los 1.200 que actualmente están operativos, quedan solo 240 sin ser utilizados.

https://elcomercio.pe/mundo/coronavirus-alemania-pasa-la-sal-la-atencion-al-detalle-que-ayudo-a-defenderse-del-covid-19-pandemia-nndc-noticia
10 abril 2020

CoVID-19 Imaging

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https://med.stanford.edu/cme/COVID19/education.html

Imaging Findings of CoVID-19: More Than Just Ground Glass Opacities,
by Henry Guo, MD, PhD
March 24, 2020
Chris Beaulieu
https://stanford.cloud-cme.com/default.aspx?P=0&EID=35566
A Continuing Medical Education Conference presented by the Department of Radiology at Stanford University School of Medicine.

Basic Biology of COVID-19 Virus (SARS-CoV-2)
Apr 1, 2020
https://stanford.cloud-cme.com/default.aspx?EID=35620&P=3000&CaseID=209
Stanford Center for Continuing Medical Education

COVID-19 and AI: A Virtual Conference
April 1, 2020
https://stanford.cloud-cme.com/default.aspx?EID=35579&P=3000&CaseID=205

How the Coronavirus Attacks Your Body
By Sumathi Reddy
March 27, 2020
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-coronavirus-attacks-your-body-11585343549

Laurie Garrett: What can we learn from the 1918 flu?

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Laurie Garrett: What can we learn from the 1918 flu?
In 2007, as the world worried about a possible avian flu epidemic, Laurie Garrett, author of “The Coming Plague,” gave this powerful talk to a small TED University audience.

Coronavirus is not like the flu
Vox. April 1, 2020

Spanish Flu: a warning from history
Nov 2018
Cambridge University
avian virus, swine virus

The Genesis of the 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic The Genesis of the 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic
The University of Arizona
2015?

Doctor Whose Prescience Saved Lives Reflects On First Stay-At-Home Order
April 23, 2020

COVID-19 > the antibody test

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UK gov coronavirus update: Johnson promises to ramp up testing – 25th March
Channel 4 News

07:45
the antibody test: not yet absolutely evaluated
after a few weeks, possible as few as 1 week
no components to create tests

Wednesday 1st April, Global update
Dr. John Campbell