October 21, 2020 Clinical Research Researchers are doing their job when clinical trials are put on hold. Data and safety monitoring are part of the process. There are no shortcuts even for the Covid-19 vaccines in development.
October 16, 2020 Epidemiology The Swedish COVID-19 response: The Devil is in the details. A devastating review of how this is not the model for the rest of the world.
October 14, 2020 Allergy/Immunology It is too soon to draw any conclusions about short/long term immunity based on COVID-19 antibody levels. Many unknown factors remain. Time should help with the answers in future studies.
October 8, 2020 Epidemiology Dr. Tam’s citing increasing numbers of confirmed COVID cases also requires the denominator of total tests done. Use absolute instead of relative percentage changes. Be consistent with methodology or risk erosion of the public’s trust.
October 7, 2020 Science and Media Reporting If you are the WHO boss suggesting that a COVID vaccine MAY be available by the end of the year, provide the evidence to justify the hope, else be prepared for another journey into the nadir of credibility and subsequent irrelevance if you are wrong.
October 5, 2020 Molecular Medicine Logistics of distributing mRNA vaccines (if approved) will be problematic. Excellent article in @TheAtlantic explains why.
September 21, 2020 Epidemiology CDC updates guidance acknowledging what most everyone else accepted months ago that coronavirus spreads through airborne respiratory droplets and aerosols.
September 8, 2020 Epidemiology Why proposing “herd immunity” as a strategy by using SARS-CoV-2 as your inoculating vector is not a good idea. Historically, there has never been a real case of herd immunity through infection.
September 3, 2020 Epidemiology Excellent application of science as supercomputer genetic analysis generates plausible hypothesis that unifies the disparate Covid-19 symptoms into a coherent whole. Clinical studies required to prove the claim.
August 28, 2020 Health Policy No evidence forthcoming from the CDC to explain the change in testing guidelines for asymptomatic people exposed to coronavirus.
