Covid-19
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Publisher: Washington Post
2020-05-21What CDC wants schools, camps to do before reopening
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has finally issued full interim guidance on how schools and other establishments can safely open during the covid-19 pandemic, and below are all the recommendations for schools and camps.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has finally issued full interim guidance on how schoo
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Publisher: Washington Post
2020-05-14Smartphone data may not predict future coronavirus deaths
Where people travel and how long they stay away from home can be measured with smartphone location data. But the increasingly popular movement maps derived from this data don’t reveal how well people maintained social distancing once they reached their destinationsWhere people travel and how long they stay away from home can be measured with smartphone location d
Tags: reopening, contact tracing
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Publisher: Washington Post
2020-05-12Fauci warns against reopening U.S. too quickly at Senate hearing
Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease expert, warned of “suffering and death that could be avoided” and of further economic damage if states reopen too quickly and said the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus is probably higher than the 80,000 reported.Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease expert, warned of “suffering and death tha
Tags: reopening, mortality data
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Publisher: Fortune
2020-05-12Wuhan, China to test all 11M residents for coronavirus in 10-day span
Wuhan has ordered officials to test its entire population of 11 million people after the central Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic began reported new infections for the first time since its lockdown was lifted.Wuhan has ordered officials to test its entire population of 11 million people after the central Chi
Tags: testing, infection data, reactivation, reopening
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Publisher: Erin Bromage
2020-05-12The Risks of being infected by Coronavirus - Know Them - Avoid Them
How does transmission work. Where are people getting sick? How much virus is released into the environment? What is the infection formula? What is the role of asymptomatic people in spreading the virus? These are all great information as we move towards reopening.How does transmission work. Where are people getting sick? How much virus is released into the envir
Tags: transmission, infection data, reopening
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Publisher: NY Times
2020-05-10How Pandemics End?
When will the Covid-19 pandemic end? And how? According to historians, pandemics typically have two types of endings: the medical, which occurs when the incidence and death rates plummet, and the social, when the epidemic of fear about the disease wanes.When will the Covid-19 pandemic end? And how? According to historians, pandemics typically have two
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Publisher: MIT Technology Review
2020-05-10Life as a contact tracer
The main job is to contact people who have been exposed to the coronavirus by a person who has tested positive. Some people are a little suspicious. Some people hang up after I ask for their date of birth and address. I understand that, the mistrust of the government, having grown up under communism.The main job is to contact people who have been exposed to the coronavirus by a person who has teste
Tags: testing, reopening, contact tracing
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Publisher: MIT Technology Review
2020-05-09A guide to negotiating a covid 'bubble' with other people
In some places, “double-bubbling” is becoming official policy: households are being encouraged to buddy up for the sake of variety and mental health. But negotiating to become part of someone else’s intimate circle in the midst of a pandemic is fraught with dangers both medical (what if you inadvertently infect one another?) and social. (What if you have a falling out? Whom do you pick? What if they don’t pick you?).In some places, “double-bubbling” is becoming official policy: households are being encouraged t
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Publisher: Reuters
2020-05-09Coronavirus spread accelerates again in Germany
New coronavirus infections are accelerating again in Germany just days after its leaders loosened social restrictions, raising concerns that the pandemic could once again slip out of control.New coronavirus infections are accelerating again in Germany just days after its leaders loosened so
Tags: infection data, reopening
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Publisher: STAT
2020-05-08Could the porn industry offer a model for reopening amid Covid-19?
Since the late 1990s, when an outbreak of HIV infections threatened to shutter the multibillion-dollar industry, the mainstream porn community has implemented procedures that require all performers to be tested for HIV and a host of other sexually transmitted infections every 14 days before they can be cleared to work.Since the late 1990s, when an outbreak of HIV infections threatened to shutter the multibillion-doll
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Publisher: NPR
2020-05-06What Hamburg's Missteps In 1892 Cholera Outbreak Can Teach Us About COVID-19 Response
As the world comes to terms with how governments have responded to today's coronavirus pandemic, some are looking to history to guide them. Chief among those lessons is the need "to have proper precautions in place," and not to try and hush it up or try and deny its existence. Then it has fatal consequences for many, many people.As the world comes to terms with how governments have responded to today's coronavirus pandemic, som
Tags: guidance, precautions, reopening, history
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Publisher: RAND
2020-05-05Estimating the Health and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 Interventions
To slow the spread of COVID-19, state and local officials implemented a range of non-pharmaceutical interventions, like social distancing and school closures. This policy evaluation tool helps decisionmakers weigh the public health and economic consequences of different approaches.To slow the spread of COVID-19, state and local officials implemented a range of non-pharmaceutical
Tags: infection data, reopening
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Publisher: Back to Work Safely
2020-05-05Back to Work Safely - Science based recommendations
Learn specific, easy-to-follow, science-based recommendations for limiting the transmission of the coronavirus while operating a wide variety of businesses, including restaurants, retail outlets, and hair and nail salons.Learn specific, easy-to-follow, science-based recommendations for limiting the transmission of the c
Tags: guidance, precautions, reopening
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Publisher: Vox
2020-05-04Contact tracing for the coronavirus, explained
To prevent another spike in cases, public health workers will perform the difficult and sometimes tedious process of interviewing people diagnosed with Covid-19, finding out who they have recently been in close physical contact with, and then informing those people of their potential exposure and advising them to self-isolate and get tested.To prevent another spike in cases, public health workers will perform the difficult and sometimes te
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Publisher: Washington Post
2020-05-04Draft report predicts coronavirus cases will reach 200,000 a day by June 1
This is a report from a leaked government report. Its is not sure how these predictions are made, and whether it is because of reopening. The white house officials have been relying on other models (than CDC) to make decisions on reopening. The estimates here are based on premature relaxation of restrictions.This is a report from a leaked government report. Its is not sure how these predictions are made, an
Tags: risks, infection data, reopening, mortality data
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Publisher: World Economic Forum
2020-05-03Can wearing face masks stop the spread of coronavirus?
Should people be forced to wear face masks in public? That’s the question facing governments as more countries unwind their lockdowns. Over 30 countries have made masks compulsory in public, including Germany, Austria and Poland. This is despite the science saying masks do little to protect wearers, and only might prevent them from infecting other people.Should people be forced to wear face masks in public? That’s the question facing governments as mo
Tags: prevention, precautions, infection data, reopening, history
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Publisher: STAT
2020-04-30Reopening some states heightens the risk of coronavirus surges in others
The problem, experts say, is that diagnostic testing remains so limited that a second surge of cases could silently build. The Trump administration’s goal of conducting 2 million tests a week is below what most experts say is needed to adequately track the virus, and that plan won’t be in place until at least the end of May.The problem, experts say, is that diagnostic testing remains so limited that a second surge of cases
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Publisher: Axios
2020-04-30Contact tracing is the next big hurdle in the push to re-open cities
If we are indeed in the midst of a war against an invisible enemy, a contact-tracing offensive — launched by both an army of human tracers and an arsenal of technological tools — will be a big part of the key to winning. In the U.S., the most likely scenario for widespread, tech-enabled contact tracing lies with work done by Google and Apple.If we are indeed in the midst of a war against an invisible enemy, a contact-tracing offensive — l
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Publisher: U.S.
2020-04-30Not just hospitals: U.N. uncovers surprise tools needed to beat coronavirus
How countries cope with the new coronavirus depends on more than hospital beds and income levels, the United Nations said on Wednesday, highlighting forgotten factors like internet access and reliance on tourism.How countries cope with the new coronavirus depends on more than hospital beds and income levels, th
Tags: precautions, reopening
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Publisher: MIT Technology Review
2020-04-20The tricky math of lifting coronavirus lockdowns
Researchers are using mobility data prior to the lockdown, and comparing it to the current mobility numbers to determine how to emerge from the lockdown without triggering major resurgence in the outbreak. The researchers admit that their conclusions are highly uncertain and more data is needed.Researchers are using mobility data prior to the lockdown, and comparing it to the current mobility
Tags: reopening, lockdown, contact tracing
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Publisher: MSN
2020-04-19California lessons from the 1918 pandemic: One city dithered; another acted and saved lives
Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. In the 1918 pandemic, Los Angeles adapted strict quarantine measures while San Francisco didn't. LA's excess death rate was 494 per 100,000 residents, lower than any other city. San Francisco suffered 673 excess deaths per 100,000.Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. In the 1918 pandemic, Los Angeles adapte
Tags: guidance, reopening, history, quarantine
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Publisher: MIT Technology Review
2020-04-12This is what it will take to get us back outside
Realistic analysis of how we will emerge from the Covi-19 pandemic, what to expect, how long it will take us to realistically develop a vaccine and efforts leading us to a vaccine. How long do we have to live with social distancing?Realistic analysis of how we will emerge from the Covi-19 pandemic, what to expect, how long it will
Tags: reopening, covid-19 aftermath
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