by Judith Curry
A round up of recent interesting articles
The coronavirus pandemic is steeped in uncertainty, confusion, shifting information, and muddled messages. Here’s a guide to cutting through it all, from @edyong209 [link]
Tests in recovered patients found false positives, not reinfections [link]
New paper using Chinese data confirms lower attack rate of COVID19 for children compared to adults which in turn is still lower than the elderly. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/04/28/science.abb8001?rss=1
Lancet: results of remdesivar trial [link]
Economics and policy
For the three decades leading up to the #COVIDー19 pandemic, New York ably used its density and wealth to increase life expectancy for its most vulnerable residents, saving hundreds of thousands of lives. http://bit.ly/2S1BReg
To hold China accountable for dealyed COVID action, target the ‘Great Firewall’ [link]
There’s no such thing as just ‘following the science’ – advice is political [link]
Sociology
‘There is no absolute truth’: an infectious disease expert on Covid-19, misinformation and ‘bullshit’ [link]
In public health, as in climate change, scientists who express different views on Covid-19 should be heard, not demonized https://statnews.com/2020/04/27/hear-scientists-different-views-covid-19-dont-attack-them/…
As COVID-19 forces conferences online, scientists discover upsides of virtual format [link]
Science in inaction [link]
A nation on pause: coronavirus in India [link]
via Climate Etc.
April 30, 2020 at 03:32PM
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