Tue March 31 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – CSC Expert Consensus on Principles of Clinical Management of Patients with Severe Emergent Cardiovascular Diseases during the COVID-19 Epidemic – Circulation

2 – Report 13: ­­Estimating the number of infections and the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 in 11 European countries – Imperial College London

See also: Summary

3 – Estimates of the severity of coronavirus disease 2019: a model-based analysis – The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Commentaries: Likelihood of survival of coronavirus disease 2019 – The Lancet Infectious Diseases AND New coronavirus study reveals increased risks from middle age – The Guardian

4 – Efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in patients with COVID-19: results of a randomized clinical trial – medRxiv

5 – COVID-19: Risks Related to the Use of Hydroxychloroquine

• Ventricular Arrhythmia Risk Due to Hydroxychloroquine-Azithromycin Treatment For COVID-19 – American College of Cardiology
• A Rush to Judgment? Rapid Reporting and Dissemination of Results and Its Consequences Regarding the Use of Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 – Annals of Internal Medicine

6 – Be it resolved, we are making high-stakes decisions about the COVID-19 pandemic without reliable data. – Munk Debates Podcast

Related Video: Perspectives on the Pandemic with Dr. John Ioannidis

Related Article: Editorial by John P.A. Ioannidis: COVID-19: The Harms of Exaggerated Information and Non‐evidence‐based Measures (free study and commentaries)

7 – The Mathematics of Predicting the Course of the Coronavirus – Wired

See also: Mathematics of life and death: How disease models shape national shutdowns and other pandemic policies – Science AND How to model a pandemic – The Conversation AND Coronavirus exposes the problems and pitfalls of modelling – The Guardian AND Systematic review and critical appraisal of prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of COVID-19 infection – medRxiv

8 – SARS-CoV-2–Positive Sputum and Feces After Conversion of Pharyngeal Samples in Patients With COVID-19 – Annals of Internal Medicine

Commentary: COVID-19 found in sputum and feces samples after pharyngeal specimens no longer positive – American College of Physicians

9 – “Immunity Certificates” to Leave Lockdown Early?

• ‘Immunity passports’ could speed up return to work after Covid-19 – The Guardian
• How Covid-19 immunity testing can help people get back to work – Vox
• Germany will issue coronavirus antibody certificates to allow quarantined to re-enter society – The Telegraph
• Germany could issue thousands of people coronavirus ‘immunity certificates’ so they can leave the lockdown early – Business Insider

10 – Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates / 31 March 2020 Edition

31 March 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)