Cheng et al., “Organ‐protective Effect of Angiotensin‐converting Enzyme 2 and its Effect on the Prognosis of COVID‐19”
Article link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jmv.25785 Published in the Journal of Medical Virology on March 27, 2020, Cheng and colleagues demonstrate that an enzyme found in the lungs, Angiotensin-converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2), is highly protective against acute lung injury – particularly in the case of COVID-19 patients who are in critical condition. Therefore, the authors believe that the … Read more
Effects of COVID-19 on Individuals with Mental Health Disorders
In an article published in The Lancet by physicians from China, they discuss the challenges and effects in the comorbidity of mental health illnesses along with physical illness, in this case specifically COVID-19. In addition, the piece discusses the social difficulties that are experienced among residents including stigma as well as general inability to access … Read more
Human Rights Watch: A Deadly Lack of Affordable COVID-19 Treatment in the US
The Human Rights Watch, a non-profit organization based in New York, recently published an article entitled “A Deadly Lack of Affordable COVID-19 Treatment in the US” which addresses how costly and inaccessible it is, particularly for low-income people, to receive testing and treatment for COVID-19. One uninsured woman in Boston reported that her COVID-19 testing … Read more
Which States and Cities Have Been Told to Stay Home and How this is Communicated to Residents
This New York Times article presents updated national information about which U.S. states and cities have issued stay-at-home quarantine measures. As of March 30th, 30 states of have been issued to stay at home by their government officials. Link to Article: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-stay-at-home-order.html By looking at this guide, we can see when and how each state … Read more
Coronavirus in F1: Red Bull’s Helmut Marko told team’s drivers to become infected
The current advisor to Red Bull’s Formula One Team, Helmut Marko, had the idea to bring together his team of about fourteen men into a camp where they could all be infected with COVID-19 together. He suggested that now would be a very good time for the racers to become infected as their season is … Read more
Blake, “Trump blames hospitals for mask and ventilator shortages,” Washington Post, March 29, 2020.
“Trump suggested the sudden massive increase in need for masks might be the result of something nefarious — despite the very logical answer being that we have a global pandemic involving a respiratory disease” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/29/trump-bizarrely-blames-hospitals-mask-ventilator-shortages/
Myers, “China Created a Fail-Safe System to Track Contagions. It Failed.” New York Times, March 29, 2020.
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.
Powell, “On-again, off-again looks to be best social-distancing option,” Harvard Gazette, March 27, 2020.
“Chan School coronavirus analysis finds strategy would prevent overwhelming hospitals while building immunity.”