The main theme of the episode is numbers in the wake of the pandemic. More explicitly, this podcast episode entitled “Dispatch 1: Numbers”, explores how we can better understand the numbers we are interacting with daily, and how can we process them in a more digestible way.
A compelling investigative reporting piece on what happened with the testing failure in this country, something that in the end historians will note caused many needless deaths. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/04/03/coronavirus-cdc-test-kits-public-health-labs/?arc404=true
Today, The Lancet published an article from researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center about a new potential vaccine for COVID-19. The vaccine generates a potent, antigen-specific antibody response to the virus. The vaccine has been effective in mouse trials thus far. Further, the researchers were successful in designing an effective method of administration … Read more
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/13/world/asia/coronavirus-death-life.html
Interview with Yale Epidemiologist and specialist in microbial diseases suggesting that 50-60% of people who are infected don’t exhibit symptoms at all – really puts things in perspective — and, means that many of us have probably already gotten the virus or are carrying it right now. This interview really speaks to the sheer amount … Read more
Mukherjee is a leading medical writer talented at explaining technical medical issues in terms non-specialists easily can grasp. This article appeared in the New Yorker, March 26, 2020. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/06/how-does-the-coronavirus-behave-inside-a-patient
