After SARS, China established a system for tracking cases of dangerous infectious diseases as well as outbreaks of new diseases. This story helps explain why that system broke down with covid-19, with local leaders not wanting to displease the central Chinese government.
“Chan School coronavirus analysis finds strategy would prevent overwhelming hospitals while building immunity.”
In New York City’s hospitals, medical personnel are running short of supplies, falling ill, and dying. In China and Italy, medical personnel, and especially doctors, constitute a large percentage of coronavirus cases. The same is beginning in the United States. In Queens, “patients are sometimes dying before they can be moved into beds.” In other … Read more
In this article, the legal scholar Richard Epstein takes a dip in epidemiology, and creates what can be called disinformation at best. This it the “theory” that conservatives have touted, saying that social distancing is unnecessary. https://www.hoover.org/research/coronavirus-isnt-pandemic
This short piece explains how the now-famous Johns Hopkins site for tracking the pandemic (https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6) was created and how it is constantly updated. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30120-1/fulltext
An overview of current recommendations for controlling covid-19, with links to related papers and materials. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/03/29/coronavirus-strategy-economy-plan/?utm_source=quintype
The former Director of the CDC explains a coordinated strategy for controlling the covid-19 pandemic. https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/489887-well-lose-world-war-c-against-the-coronavirus-if-we-dont-fight-the-right
A brief examination of the relationships between urban settings and viral outbreaks. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30249-8
