7 Medical Leaders to Politicians: Save Lives, Not Wall Street
Message from our Dean at Penn; warns that we should not rush to end social distancing too soon, especially in intense outbreak areas; and...
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Covid-19 Data Science
Finding the signal in the noise of Covid-19
Reporting and balanced evaluation of research results, data sets, applications and models, and commentaries related to Covid-19 and its underlying virus, SARS-Cov-2
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Report from Penn Epidemiologist Stuck in Northern Italy
This is from my Epidemiology colleague John H Holmes who is right in the epicenter of the Italian outbreak — he nicely describes some of...
Reinfection could not occur in SARS-CoV-2 infected rhesus macaques
BTW, here is a primate study in which they could NOT be reinfected with the virus underlying covid-19 after clearing. There have been...
Preliminary Evidence higher temperatures associated with lower indigence of COVID-19
Some studies (not peer reviewed yet) are finding some evidence the spread may slow with hotter, more humid weather. Here are two: One Two
Epidemic Calculator
this is the best mathematical modeling app I've seen to track disease scenarios, also with well informed assumptions. Also for math geeks...
The COVID tracking project
Covid tracking project: Information on how much each state is testing and what results are
NIH Director: "We're on Exponential Curve"
Great article about NIH Director Francis Collins perspective on COVID-19 — he affirms we need to practice social distancing to flatten...
Zeke Emanuel Op-Ed: Coronavirus here to stay: Now what?
This is an editorial from Zeke Emmanuel here at Penn, and our chair of DBEI Susan Ellenberg and epidemiology colleague Michael Levy. You...
Correlation of Chest CT and RT-PCR for in testing coronavirus disease 19
Interesting article showing how lung CT scans could be used for COVID-19 diagnosis
Promising In Vitro Results for Remdesivir and Chloroquine
This is very interesting! Just published in top medical journal -- some antivirals show activity in vitro (in laboratory test in test...
Fauci: "We'll be thankful that we're overreacting"
This is from Fauci, the director of National Institute of Infectious Diseases, a scientist not a politician — explaining why we need to...
What are viruses and how do they work?
This is a nice basic article describing how viruses work
Sober Math Everyone Must Understand about the Pandemic
Read This! This is nothing to mess around with!
Higher temperatures may affect survival of new coronoavirus
Article: This is the best hope for avoiding trouble
Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now!
Really good article clearly describing the importance of social distancing for us all
Estimating True Death Rate on Cruise Ship
Here is a paper done by statisticians trying to do more sophisticated modeling to estimate true death rate. Cliff notes summary: what it...
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