As the presumptive Democratic nominee for president for the upcoming 2020 election, many are looking to Joe Biden’s statements on the coronavirus crisis. This interest is both an attempt to understand Biden’s general ability to handle a crisis and make sure that, if we are unfortunate enough to still be in a crisis the coming January, … Read more
A recommendation regarding masks based on a broad range of observations.
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.
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#
A penetrating if brief essay into the links between these three issues.
A brief examination of the relationships between urban settings and viral outbreaks. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30249-8
An examination of the strongest possibilities for treatments of covid-19. Some seem to be promising.
This editorial takes the previous article and explains the risk factors for death from SARS-cov-2. Age comes out on top.
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
