Why are Africa's coronavirus successes being overlooked? Examples of innovation aren’t getting the fanfare they would do if they emerged from Europe or the US
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Scientists say social distancing has worked really well to reduce coronavirus's spread: new study finds measures saved thirty-five million Americans from contracting the virus
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Poll: More voters trust Biden to contain coronavirus spread
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Straight talk from ex-CDC for the long slog ahead
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Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention releases results of investigation showing that recovered cases that re-test positive later are not infectious
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What we know about your chances of catching the virus outdoors: Pandemic life is safer outdoors, in part, because even a light wind will quickly dilute the virus
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The need for software testing: Neil Ferguson's unstable epidemiologic model
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Llama antibodies could help fight coronavirus, study finds
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How much is a human life actually worth?
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How pandemics end
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Erin Bromage, PHD examines the risks of coronavirus exposure in different environments and settings
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The problem with stories about dangerous coronavirus mutations. There’s no clear evidence that the pandemic virus has evolved into significantly different forms—and there probably won’t be for months
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New coronavirus spread swiftly around world from late 2019, study finds
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Italian scientists claim to have developed vaccine that neutralises coronavirus in human cells
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In an exclusive interview, Anthony Fauci, the face of America’s COVID-19 response, cautions against the rush for states to reopen, and offers his tips for handling the pandemic's information deluge
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SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late December 2019
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Predictability: Can the turning point and end of an expanding epidemic be precisely forecast?
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There has not been a single instance of a child under ten transmitting the coronavirus, even in contact tracing carried out by World Health Organization
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It's not every day that the face of a chief epidemiologist is inked as a tattoo – a very Swedish tribute
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Can estrogen and other sex hormones help men survive COVID-19?
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Australian Government releases coronavirus tracing app COVIDSafe, in bid to halt COVID-19's spread
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COVID-19 antibody seroprevalence in Santa Clara County, California
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Coronavirus antibody tests: Can you trust the results?
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‘Closing borders is ridiculous’: The epidemiologist behind Sweden’s controversial coronavirus strategy
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A disaster waiting to happen or a bold, evidence-based response? In Sweden, it depends who you ask
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Community privacy concerns have forced the Australian Government to insist a coronavirus tracing app will neither track people's locations nor be available for law enforcement agencies to access
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How to test everyone for the coronavirus
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Australia has chanced upon an exciting new possibility – the prospect of eliminating the new coronavirus. Completely. Not just flattening the curve but crushing it.
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has accused an unidentified north-west Tasmanian aged care worker of being dishonest about their contacts
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Loss of smell and taste validated as COVID-19 symptoms in patients with high recovery rate
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Why it’s so hard to make a good COVID-19 model
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Answers to questions about Apple and Google’s new coronavirus tracking project
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Why I’m not making COVID19 visualizations, and why you (probably) shouldn’t either
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The bar necessities: Five ways to understand coronavirus graphs
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Could you get COVID-19 and not even know it? The simple answer is yes — but you're more likely to have some symptoms, even if they're mild
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As with any other poison, viruses are usually deadlier in larger amounts
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What we need to understand about asymptomatic carriers if we’re going to beat the coronavirus
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Japan as a coronavirus outlier: Conspiracy, good fortune, or efficacy?
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Eight strains of the coronavirus are circling the globe. Here's what clues they're giving scientists
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How soon will COVID-19 peak? (And how to tell)
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World Health Organization launches global megatrial of the four most promising coronavirus treatments
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It's up to you: data shows coronavirus can only be controlled if eight out of 10 Aussies stay home
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Doctors turn to social media to develop Covid-19 treatments in real time
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Swedish PM Stefan Löfven warned over 'Russian roulette-style' Covid-19 strategy – health experts say attempt to build herd immunity is a 'mad experiment with 10m people'
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Copper destroys viruses and bacteria. Why isn’t it everywhere?
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How Melbourne scientists' coronavirus preparation puts Australia ahead of the world
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Coronavirus: The hammer and the dance
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Prominent scientist dares to ask: Has the COVID-19 response gone too far?
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus as an agent of emerging and reemerging infection
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What are some good books about pandemics, epidemiology, and/or infectious diseases?
Understandably, my interest has piqued on this topic cluster (as I'm sure it has for many others), and I should have more time than usual to read in the coming weeks. I also am spending far too...
Understandably, my interest has piqued on this topic cluster (as I'm sure it has for many others), and I should have more time than usual to read in the coming weeks. I also am spending far too long jumping around aimlessly to assorted news articles and would like to tame that nervous energy into a more focused approach on longer writings.
While I'm interested in non-fiction primarily, I'm also open to fiction suggestions. Also, anything that lands in the ballpark of what we're dealing right now with the novel coronavirus fits (though it certainly doesn't have to be specific to coronavirus, nor COVID-19).
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