Feng, et al., “Rational use of face masks in the COVID-19 pandemic,” The Lancet, March 20, 2020.
A recommendation regarding masks based on a broad range of observations.
Month: March 2020
Lynteris, “Why Do People Really Wear Face Masks During an Epidemic?,” NY Times, February 13, 2020.
Christos Lynteris is a leading anthropologist of medicine and disease, who has worked extensively in China. His assessment of mask wearing goes beyond the question of transmission of disease.
Servick, “Would everyone wearing face masks help us slow the pandemic?” Science, March 28, 2020
To mask or not to mask, that is the question in the time of covid-19. This article examines the pros and cons as discussed by epidemiologists and other public health experts. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/would-everyone-wearing-face-masks-help-us-slow-pandemic#
White, “Historical linkages: epidemic threat, economic risk, and xenophobia,” The Lancet, March 27, 2020.
A penetrating if brief essay into the links between these three issues.
Lee, et al., “Epidemic preparedness in urban settings: new challenges and opportunities,” The Lancet, March 27, 2020.
A brief examination of the relationships between urban settings and viral outbreaks. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30249-8
Mahase, “Covid-19: what treatments are being investigated?,” BMJ, March 26, 2020.
An examination of the strongest possibilities for treatments of covid-19. Some seem to be promising.
Jordan, “Covid-19- risk factors for severe disease and death,” BMJ, March 26, 2020
This editorial takes the previous article and explains the risk factors for death from SARS-cov-2. Age comes out on top.
Chen, et al., “Clinical characteristics of 113 deceased patients with coronavirus disease 2019: retrospective study,” BMJ, 26 March 2020.
This article provides an excellent overview of the history of the disease at the beginning and then examines what makes SARS-cov-2 deadly among some persons. Nitty gritty medical journal language to be expected: this is serious stuff that they want to get as exact as possible. To be a good point of comparison with Fleck. … Read more
Laura Spinney, “It takes a whole world to create a new virus, not just China”
An excellent op-ed on how the neoliberal capitalist system is changing food production in ways that make us susceptible to new spillover viruses, such as SARS-cov-2. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/25/new-virus-china-covid-19-food-markets