Discusses some theories on how COVID affects the brain

Good longread on the hands off approach Sweden took with the pandemic. Death rate 3 times higher than neighboring countries.

Very fascinating read comparing COVID deaths to other things that kill us like heart disease, and showing the true impact of COVID. Lots of good graphs and data.

Great article on efficacy of vaccine between the two doses of the COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine. However, this early protection comes with some important caveats. First, the protection doesn't kick in until at least day 12 – until then, there was no difference between the two groups. Secondly, one dose is still significantly less protective than two. The latter is 95% effective at preventing the disease after a week.

Wikileaks

Child contracts COVID-19 in utero

Disseminated encephalomyelitis

New research finds that shutdowns and other interventions prevented 60 million coronavirus infections in the United States and that the policies had “large health benefits.”

Emergency public health measures designed to slow the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran and five other countries have prevented hundreds of millions of infections — and helped to avert a global catastrophe, says new research by a team from the Global Policy Lab at UC Berkeley.

Fully referenced facts about Covid-19, provided by experts in the field, to help our readers make a realistic risk assessment.

Good in depth longread on our response and lack of viral pandemic readiness

Jonathan Safran Foer piece about how COVID-19 is pushing us toward a world without meat. If you care about the working poor, about racial justice, and about climate change, you have to stop eating animals.

Testing has plateaued but we need aggressive testing to open up

Brutal takedown of how Trump has denied science and evidence. Also multiple whistleblower complaints filed, especially against Jared Kushner.

Head of London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has to be admitted to the hospital and reflects on it.

Air quality improved. Traffic deaths down. Fewer STDs.

Really good summary, succinct, of Trump's response to coronavirus

Brutal summary of the US response to COVID-19 and how we couldn't match our response to World War II

Many people notice that Pence was the only one not wearing a mask at Mayo during his visit.

EM doctor who treated COVID-19 patients kills herself. Was at Columbia Presbyterian. Was chief of EM of one of their outlying hospitals.

Trump admitting today in May that testing is “making us look bad“ when testing is the way out of this.

Clips from their anchors

Georgia’s Governor Brian Kemp began relaxing restrictions on businesses when he decreed that gyms, bowling alleys, tattoo parlors, barbers/hair salons, nail salons and massage therapists could reopen on April 24. Restaurants, movie theaters and private social clubs were added to the list on April 27. Kemp then abandoned his shelter-in-place order which was scheduled to expire on May 13 and reopened the state on May 1. The risk of exposure to COVID-19 for people who live in Georgia has increased every day since Kemp began reopening the state.

Trump winding down coronavirus task force with 70,000 Americans dead

The antiviral medicine remdesivir from Gilead Sciences failed to speed the improvement of patients with Covid-19 or prevent them from dying, according to results from a long-awaited clinical trial conducted in China. Gilead, however, said the data suggest a “potential benefit.”

Great read detailing how our understanding of the disease has changed. Discusses blood clots and trying to keep patients off the ventilator for as long as possible.

Medicine is a system for delivering care and support; it’s also a system of information, quality control, and lab science. All need fixing.

painful red or purple lesions that typically emerge on fingers or toes in the winter. It’s also not the time of year for chilblains, which are caused by inflammation in small blood vessels in reaction to cold or damp conditions. “Usually, we see it in the dead of winter,” Dr. Fox said.

COVID-19 patients have happy hypoxia. Some are treating early hypoxia with heparin with good outcomes. Also only reference to toe changes and heparin I could find.

Coronavirus discounts for healthcare front line workers

Two California ED physicians with financial interest in urgent care. The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) jointly and emphatically condemn the recent opinions released by Dr. Daniel Erickson and Dr. Artin Massihi. These reckless and untested musings do not speak for medical societies and are inconsistent with current science and epidemiology regarding COVID-19. As owners of local urgent care clinics, it appears these two individuals are releasing biased, non-peer reviewed data to advance their personal financial interests without regard for the public’s health.

Diarrhea, nausea, abdominal pain is a common presenting complaint

Great explanation on how this pandemic will wrap up

Hydroxychloroquine study ended early because primary outcome was death

Good, short read on how Trump is taking credit for everything good and blaming the governors for everything bad. The only thing worse than a pandemic is having Donald Trump as your president during a pandemic. Tens of thousands of Americans have died. Tens of millions have lost their jobs. President Trump, meanwhile, has indulged in self-pity, touted an unproven drug, bragged about the TV ratings of his press briefings, and expressed interest in the idea of people injecting disinfectants into their lungs — or, as we used to call it, committing suicide. Every day, we have to worry about the president's mental health when he should be worrying about our physical health.

Great review of all of the systems in the body that COVID-19 affects and how

Really great, long explanation of how Trump failed us. Terrible response to the pandemic.

Perhaps current events will help us to recalibrate what’s actually important in our society, including reducing homelessness. Bari Weiss piece. Woke and cancel culture need to fade away so we can value what's truly important.

The director of the office involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine says he was abruptly dismissed from his post in part because he resisted efforts to widen the availability of a coronavirus treatment pushed by President Donald Trump.

Americans can't follow social distancing recommendations despite a history of much greater sacrifices for the country

Great read about what is coming up for the coronavirus pandemic. America will open up again, then probably have to lockdown. Vaccine is far away. Might be able to get new treatments faster.

Details of how Trump knew about the coronavirus pandemic and wasted precious time when plans could have been made.

Explanation of why certain cultural practices common in China have promoted the spread of the virus very quickly in China.

Conservatives are staging protests against stay at home orders

People are protesting the lockdown

Good read about the natural history of the novel coronavirus

Awake proning is working great. Also Josh Farkas quoted here from Pulm Crit