By Judith Curry
My latest selection of interesting articles.
We need a COVID-19 vaccine–let’s get it right the first time [link]
Fauci once dismissed concerns of ‘silent carriers’ [link]
Don’t believe the COVID models – that’s not what they’ for [link]
Mathematical models to characterize early epidemic growth: A review. [link]
On the predictability of infectious disease outbreaks [link]
Rud Istvan’s technical posts on COVID [link]
New study investigates California’s possible herd immunity to COVID [link]
Hydroxychloroquine usage for coronavirus rises globally, plasma rated most effective: study – https://go.shr.lc/2y4QbeL
Top science panel: COVID is unlikely to subside with warmer weather [link]
Dramatic reduction in COVID disaster projections [link]
Using ILI surveillance to estimate state-specific case detection rates and forecast SARS-CoV-2 spread in the United States [link]
America’s most influential COV model just revised its estimates downward – but not all models agree [link]
How can COVID models get it so wrong? [link]
A few weeks ago doctors were saying ACE inhibitor drugs need to be withheld. Today they look beneficial. https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/04/07/angiotensin-and-coronavirus-infection-the-latest-as-of-april-7…
Compilation of evidence on hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin in treatment of #COVID19, as well as info on safety/side effects. [link]
Fauci: There’s no evidence that the anti-malaria drug Trump pushes works against virus [link]
Why its so freaking hard to make a good COVID model [link]
How Ontario turned the tide on a huge backlog of COVID tests [link]
The trail leading back to the Wuhan labs [link]
Nature: the simulations driving the world’s response to COVID [link]
Economics and policy
Boris Johnson listened to his scientists about COVID – but they were slow to sound the alarm [link]
*Now* is the time to be thinking about what we can do to keep this from ever ever happening again. https://ensia.com/voices/covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-wild-animals-ecosystems/…
New Zealand crushed the Covid curve with only one death. [link]
Impact of CoV on the IPCC AR6 [link]
NAP Report: Rapid Medical Countermeasure Response to Infectious Disease [link]
Peter Gluckman: Build a science advice system fit for global crises [link]
There’s no plan for the end of the COVID crisis [link]
As Germany’s coronavirus outbreak appears to peak at fewer than 1,500 deaths – why HAS it performed so much better than most of Europe? https://mol.im/a/8191343
The economic slowdown and the pandemic are not two different problems. They are two aspects of a single threat to our population’s well-being, [link]
Elizabeth Warren’s plan to prevent and contain infectious diseases [link]
To beat the COV, raise an army of the recovered [link]
America was unprepared for a major crisis. Again. [link]
The US was beset by denial and dysfunction as the COV raged [link]
Inside the US COV testing failure [link]
Robert Stavins: What Can Economics Really Have to Say About COVID-19 Policies? [link]
For a robust recovery, invest in innovation [link]
Papers on the effectiveness of masks [link]
Sociology
Pope Says Virus Is Nature’s Response to the Climate Crisis https://pjmedia.com/trending/pope-says-virus-is-natures-response-to-the-climate-crisis/…
COV: How can philosophy help us in this time of crisis? [link]
In a rare address to the nation, Queen Elizabeth II urged the U.K. to respond to the coronavirus with the “self-discipline” and “resolve” that have defined the British people in moments of crisis. [link]
David Rose: Revealed: Extinction Rebellion’s plan to exploit the Covid crisis. The group sees ‘silver linings’ in the pandemic https://spectator.co.uk/article/revealed-extinction-rebellion-s-plans-to-exploit-the-Covid-
via Climate Etc.
April 9, 2020 at 02:53PM
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