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COVID-19 reinfection unlikely for at least 6 months, study finds

Fri, 2020-11-20 12:15 — mike kraft

COVID-19 reinfection unlikely for at least 6 months, study finds People who've had COVID-19 are highly unlikely to contract it again for at least six months after their first infection, according to a British study of healthcare workers on the frontline of fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The findings should offer some reassurance for the more than 51 million people worldwide who have been infected with the pandemic disease, researchers at the University of Oxford said.

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Crushed by COVID-19, rural red states finally start to mandate masks. It may be too little, too late.

Fri, 2020-11-20 11:10 — mike kraft

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ANALYSIS: The U.S. COVID-19 Outbreak Is Worse Than It’s Ever Been. Why Aren’t We Acting Like It?

Fri, 2020-11-20 10:55 — mike kraft

The U.S. COVID-19 Outbreak Is Worse Than It’s Ever Been. Why Aren’t We Acting Like It? Americans’ reactions to the pandemic have become increasingly divorced from the reality of it Time

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Covid-19 has killed 250,000 people in the US. That's 10 times the deaths from car crashes in a year

Thu, 2020-11-19 18:58 — mike kraft

Covid-19 has killed 250,000 people in the US. That's 10 times the deaths from car crashes in a year In less than 10 months, Covid-19 has killed more people than strokes, suicides and car crashes typically do in a full year -- combined. Holly Yan and Daniel Wolfe, CNN CNN

In less than 10 months, Covid-19 has killed more people than strokes, suicides and car crashes typically do in a full year -- combined. ...

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Delirium in Older Patients With COVID-19 Presenting to the Emergency Department

Thu, 2020-11-19 17:44 — mike kraft

Delirium in Older Patients With COVID-19 Presenting to the Emergency Department This cohort study examines how frequently older adults with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) present to the emergency department

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Health systems are using AI to predict severe Covid-19 cases. But limited data could produce unreliable results

Thu, 2020-11-19 13:53 — mike kraft

Limited data in Covid-19 AI tools could produce unreliable results Some institutions have not published any results showing whether their models to predict a Covid-19 patient's trajectory actually work. Erin Brodwin STAT

As the United States braces for a bleak winter, hospital systems across the country are ramping up their efforts to develop AI systems to predict how likely their Covid-19 patients are to fall severely ill or even die. Yet most of the efforts are being developed in silos and trained on limited datasets, raising crucial questions about their reliability.

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Description of how people don't change their attitudes toward COVID despite the rising death toll.

Thu, 2020-11-19 13:36 — mike kraft

America’s 250,000 covid deaths: People die, but little changes Regardless of politics or location, attitudes about the coronavirus pandemic and associated behaviors stay pretty much the same. Marc Fisher, Shayna Jacobs, Pam Kelley Washington Post

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States That Imposed Few Restrictions Now Have the Worst Outbreaks

Thu, 2020-11-19 10:20 — mike kraft

States That Imposed Few Restrictions Now Have the Worst Outbreaks Using an index that tracks policy responses to the pandemic, The Times analyzed outbreaks in each state relative to the state’s most recent containment measures. nytimes

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Adopting mask mandates, some GOP governors give up the gospel of personal responsibility

Wed, 2020-11-18 10:07 — mike kraft

Adopting mask mandates, some GOP governors give up the gospel of personal responsibility The flurry of new rules after President Trump’s loss underscores the pressure he put on red-state governors to spurn experts and downplay the virus. Isaac Stanley-Becker Washington Post

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More than 3 million people in U.S. estimated to be contagious with the coronavirus

Wed, 2020-11-18 08:59 — mike kraft

More than 3 million people in U.S. estimated to be contagious with the coronavirus The fast-growing pool of infected people — including large numbers who don’t know they’re contagious — pose daunting challenges to officials in hard-hit communities trying to arrest the surge in cases. Joel Achenbach Washington Post

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