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COVID-19 Report
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24,524,845 |
832,900 |
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Trump's Knee on the Neck of Science In the past week, both the FDA and the CDC have collapsed to the pavement. Scientific rigor has been cast as Deep State conspiracy. Its subjugation for political expediency has already cost human lives.
Research News
Controlling pandemic requires getting R far below one. A simple model of disease spread suggests that public health measure need to be introduced that drop R below 0.4 to get pandemic under control in less than 4 months. At an R of 0.9 with 37,000 cases, eliminating the virus would require two years.
Long Term symptoms common for hospitalized patients A study of 110 hospitalized patients in the UK found that 74% had persistent symptoms twelve weeks after their first admission to the hospital.
Even home made cloth mask may produce far greater reduction in droplet exposure than previously estimated A British study estimated that a person standing 2 meters from a person coughing without a mask would be exposed to over 1,000 times more respiratory droplets than someone standing 5 cm from a person wearing a basic, single layer cloth mask.
Fewer hook-ups in COVID time A survey of sexual practices showed a 74% drop (from 31% to 8%) in the portion of people reporting casual hookups and increases in sex with a spouse and masturbation during lockdown as compared to 2019.
Survey finds most COVID-19 cases did not have a clearly identified source of exposure An Ohio study reports that only 40% of cases had a clearly identified exposure to a known case. Cases were more likely to have traveled and less likely to work at home than non-cases. This implies that the majority of infections with SARS-COV-2 are occurring away from the home, primarily at work and other settings with extended interaction.
Saliva samples for SARS-CoV-2 provide long term stability with no decay Yale researchers document the validity of saliva samples held for as long as 25 days at temperatures ranging from 4-30 degrees centigrade.
DOG OF THE WEEK
Deeply Flawed Study Purports to Link George Floyd Protests to COVID-19 rise* In an astonishing failure of peer review, a Mississippi study fails to provide a detailed protocol, fails to follow the limited protocol it does provide, fails to document its data sources, and relies on a simplistic model that considers no covariates to explain the rise in cases despite a more than 40 fold difference in observed effect size. Once again, non-epidemiologists prove that epidemiology is harder than it looks. This paper should be retracted.
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BASIC SCIENCE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY
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Preprints
- Identifying SARS-CoV-2 entry inhibitors through drug repurposing screens of SARS- S and MERS-S pseudotyped particles bioRxiv: The Preprint Server for Biology (Covid), August 19, 2020
- FDA approved calcium channel blockers inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infectivity in epithelial lung cells bioRxiv: The Preprint Server for Biology (Covid), August 19, 2020
- Rapid, large-scale, and effective detection of COVID-19 via non-adaptive testing bioRxiv: The Preprint Server for Biology (Covid), August 19, 2020
Published Literature
- COVID-19 Contact Tracing Communications Graphics CDC: Coronavirus Disease: What's New, August 19, 2020
- Monitoring and Evaluation Action Guide: Wearing Masks as a COVID-19 Community Mitigation Strategy CDC: Coronavirus Disease: What's New, August 19, 2020
- Virus del Nilo Occidental detectado en el este de Washington Washington State Department of Health: Coronavirus, August 18, 2020
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Coronavirus Research Resources
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China
- A Week of Uncontrolled Sobbing at a Chinese Business Seminar Wired.com, August 17, 2020
- Trump's WeChat Ban May Alienate His Chinese Supporters Wired.com, August 8, 2020
- Chinese Hackers Have Pillaged Taiwan's Semiconductor Industry Wired.com, August 6, 2020
- Microsoft's Roots in China Have Positioned It to Buy TikTok Wired.com, August 6, 2020
- It’s Not Just TikTok. Chinese Firms Face More US Roadblocks Wired.com, August 4, 2020
- WHO leader is stuck between feuding China and US. It's a situation 'rock star' Tedros has spent his life preparing for CNN.com - Health, August 2, 2020
France
- What French Feminism Can Teach Us About Karens Wired.com, August 18, 2020
United Kingdom
- Depression in British adults may have doubled during coronavirus pandemic CNN.com - Health, August 18, 2020
- A British AI Tool to Predict Violent Crime Is Too Flawed to Use Wired.com, August 9, 2020
Other International News
- Australia secures deal for potential Covid-19 vaccine, will provide it free to all citizens CNN.com - Health, August 19, 2020
- Amid pandemic, Brazil's health ministry still has an interim boss with no medical experience CNN.com - Health, August 18, 2020
- Tech Workers Are Living the American Dream—in Canada Wired.com, August 18, 2020
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Business and Economic News
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Business News
- That Racist Kamala Harris Birther Conspiracy Is Nothing New Wired.com, August 19, 2020
- Facebook's Portal Device Can Now Do Zoom Calls Wired.com, August 19, 2020
- The Pandemic Is Forcing Everyone to Face the Digital Divide Wired.com, August 19, 2020
Economics Blogs
- Notre Dame Moves To Virtual Classes; Texas COVID-19 Cases Bounce Back: Live Updates Zero Hedge, August 18, 2020
- The comfort of cash in a time of coronavirus San Francisco Feds Blog, August 18, 2020
- As COVID-19 spreads, don’t lose track of malaria Gates Notes Blog, August 17, 2020
Top Economics News
- Grenada's Government Revenue Takes Big Hit from COVID-19 - caribbeannationalweekly.com (Carribean Economy), August 19, 2020
- Cuba joins the race for vaccine against the coronavirus - DW (English) (Carribean Economy), August 19, 2020
- The stock market closes at a record high, defying the COVID-fueled recession battering the US economy - USA TODAY (US Economy), August 19, 2020
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Law Technology
- Financial Reporting: Covid-19’s Impact on “Critical Audit Matters” CorporateCounsel.net Blog, August 19, 2020
- COVID Planning in Higher Ed Stephen's Lighthouse, August 19, 2020
- Research Shows Federal and State Websites Flunk COVID-19 Reading-Level Review Stephen's Lighthouse, August 19, 2020
Legal Administrator
- Am Law 100 Firm Rolls Back Its COVID-19 Salary Cuts Above the Law - Big Law, August 19, 2020
- COVID and the Future of Talent Management EntertainHR, August 19, 2020
- Working Parents & COVID-19: BigLaw, SmallLaw Can Ride to the Rescue Law and More, August 18, 2020
Librarian News
- COVID-19: FCA statement on accounting for lease modifications (amendment to IFRS 16) Lex Blog Network, August 19, 2020
- Launching Legal Technology Is Hard Enough… And Then LexisNexis Faced The COVID Pandemic Above the Law, August 19, 2020
- Am Law 100 Firm Rolls Back Its COVID-19 Salary Cuts Above the Law, August 19, 2020
Leading Law Departments
- Financial Reporting: Covid-19’s Impact on “Critical Audit Matters” CorporateCounsel.net Blog, August 19, 2020
- Amazon Investigated in Germany Over Alleged COVID-19 Price Manipulation Law.com: In-House Weekly, August 18, 2020
- Law.com Trendspotter: COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims Are White-Hot, but Will Courts Cool Them Off? Law.com: In-House Weekly, August 17, 2020
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Dr. Robert Morris is an epidemiologist and award-winning author who has taught epidemiology at Tufts and Harvard and has advised the CDC, the EPA, NIH, and the President's Cancer Panel. |
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