Over the course of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, the clinical, scientific, and public health communities have had to respond to new viral genetic variants. Each one has triggered a flurry of media attention, a range of reactions from the scientific community, and calls from governments to either “stay calm” or […]
Introduction The increasing evidence of SARS‐CoV‐2 impact on the central nervous system (CNS) raises key questions on its impact for risk of later life cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and other dementia. Methods The Alzheimer’s Association and representatives from more than 30 countries—with technical guidance from the World Health Organization—have formed an international consortium to […]
LETTER: “Time for government to take aerosol transmission of COVID-19 seriously”
The following open letter from 363 Canadian experts was sent to the prime minister, premiers and chief medical officers of the federal, provincial and territorial governments. We are a group of physicians, scientists, occupational health and safety experts, engineers and nursing professionals who have been following COVID-19 developments closely. We are deeply concerned by the […]
March 2020, from the Japan’s Office of the Prime Minister http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/content/000061935.pdf
Compliance must be seen as the norm, or people will not stick to the restrictions. Dr Daisy Fancourt leads the UK Covid-19 Social Study at University College London. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/02/follow-covid-restrictions-break-rules-compliance FULL TEXT: We’ve heard repeatedly during the past year that until mass vaccination is achieved, the key to managing the Covid-19 epidemic is controlling human behaviour. […]
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COVID-19 has shaken the core of the medical health system. The wide spread death and destruction of patients and health care workers in unprecedented in the modern era. While the pulmonary complications have received the most attention, it is the neurological manifestations that are disabling, persistent and common in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. The entire […]
Top 20 Visualization Dashboards for Mapping COVID-19 The best way to track the COVID-19 outbreak is by using data and visualization. The COVID-19 patterns are sometimes contradictory and this is where visualizations come in. Data visualization is enabling understanding of the coronavirus pandemic with the John Hopkins University and World Health Organization Dashboards providing updates. […]
The Guardian Melissa Davey Mon 14 Dec 2020 It is unlikely that the first generation of Covid-19 vaccines rolled out in Australia in 2021 will prevent virus transmission, making ongoing high levels of testing, strong contact tracing, isolation, and quarantine crucial, a review commissioned by the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences has found. […]
