SARS-CoV-2 variants and ending the COVID-19 pandemic – The Lancet Commentary on Twitter 2021 will be the year of the #COVID19 variant. A commentary in press in the @TheLancet discusses the issue and makes proposals on how to tackle it. The whole world will need to work together to get over this one. https://t.co/5Z6uNW7vBF […]
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Potential health and economic impacts of dexamethasone treatment for patients with COVID-19 – Nature Communications Commentary on Twitter RCTs Save Live$DEXA saves live$Potential health&economic impacts of dexamethasone treatment for #COVID19 patientsThe study estimate that between July & Dec 2020, for ??, ~12,000 lives could be saved & ~650,000 lives saved globally over the same […]
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Diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2 infections – Nature Materials
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Covid-19: Are cloth masks still effective? And other questions answered – The BMJ
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France’s health authority recommends single vaccine shot for people who have had COVID-19 – Euronews See also: Covid: France says just one jab needed for previously infected – BBC Related: Covid-19: People who have had infection might only need one dose of mRNA vaccine – The BMJ AND You’ve had COVID: maybe one dose of […]
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Corticosteroids for CAP, influenza and COVID-19: when, how and benefits or harm? – European Respiratory Review
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Take whatever COVID vaccine you can get. All of them stop death and hospitalization – USA Today “All seven COVID-19 vaccines that have completed large efficacy trials — Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, Novavax, AstraZeneca, Sputnik V and Sinovac — appear to be 100% effective for serious complications. Not one vaccinated person has gotten sick enough to require hospitalization. Not […]
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Exhaled aerosol increases with COVID-19 infection, age, and obesity – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Commentary: Older, heavier adults possible ‘superspreaders’ of COVID-19, study finds – UPI AND Researchers unravel what makes someone a COVID-19 super-spreader – Tulane University
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Effect of High-Dose Zinc and Ascorbic Acid Supplementation vs Usual Care on Symptom Length and Reduction Among Ambulatory Patients With SARS-CoV-2 Infection: The COVID A to Z Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Network Open Commentaries: Vitamin C, zinc don’t lessen Covid-19 symptoms, study finds – CNN AND Supplements for the Treatment of Mild COVID-19—Challenging Health […]
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Early initiation of prophylactic anticoagulation for prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 mortality in patients admitted to hospital in the United States: cohort study – The BMJ Commentaries: Preventive blood thinning drugs could reduce COVID hospital deaths – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine AND Preventive blood thinning drugs linked to reduced risk of death […]
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