Planetary Information Engine Update - 4/26/2020
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*Site-wide Updates: - GoFundMe Thanks everyone who contributed!! $227 is a good start which is about 10% of my $2,400 goal:
- US CDC officially recognizes "new loss of taste and smell" as a symptom of COVID-19:
- No technical report this week due to Copenhagen BioHackathon competition I participated in.
- Due to the sheer volume of data I have restructured the Clinical Pathology Archives so that each category (General Pathology, Neuroinvasive Potential, Immune Function, etc.) has its own unique page.
- Vaccines/Clinical trials will also have their own section - for now they are on the main page.
- Case Fatality Rate (CFR) in the US seems relatively stable at 5.6%, Italy/Spain/France at 10-14%.
- Case fatality rate is the proportion of attributable number of deaths from a disease to reported (clinical) cases
- Infection Fatality Rate (IFR) (or mortality rate) in the US is still currently unknown with scientific certainty.
- Infection fatality rate is the proportion of attributable number of deaths to all those infected (includes sub-clinical and asymptomatic cases) and is expected to be lower than CFR
- Mortality rate is the attributable rate of deaths due to a disease in a population (e.g., out of 100,000 people what is the risk of death for a particular disease)
- Transmission History & Discovery archives continue to grow: 582 events & articles as of today.
*Transmission History & Discovery Archive Status: - 04/11/2020 - The use of google trends to investigate the loss of smell related searches during COVID‐19 outbreak | Wiley
- 04/22/2020 - Covid-19 causes sudden strokes in young adults, doctors say | CNN
- 04/23/2020 - Hidden Outbreaks Spread Through U.S. Cities Far Earlier Than Americans Knew, Estimates Say | NY Times
- 04/23/2020 - Ruth's Chris Steakhouse owner says it will repay $20 million in small business loans | CNBC
- 04/23/2020 - A Close Look at the Frontrunning Coronavirus Vaccines As of April 23 | Science Magazine (Blogs)
- 04/23/2020 - Researchers identify cells likely targeted by Covid-19 virus | MIT
- 04/23/2020 - COVID-19 vaccine protects monkeys from new coronavirus, Chinese biotech reports | Science Magazine
- 04/23/2020 - Vitamin D Supplementation Could Possibly Improve Clinical Outcomes of Patients Infected with Coronavirus-2019 (COVID-2019) | SSRN
- 04/23/2020 - Predictive Mathematical Models of the COVID-19 Pandemic | JAMA
- 04/23/2020 - Basic estimation-prediction techniques for Covid-19, and a prediction for Stockholm | MedRxiv
- 04/24/2020 - Trump claims controversial comment about injecting disinfectants was 'sarcastic' | Washington Post
- 04/24/2020 - Prominent scientists have bad news for the White House about coronavirus antibody tests | CNN
- 04/24/2020 - FDA issues warnings on chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine after deaths and poisonings reported | CNBC
- 04/24/2020 - Coronavirus: Outcry after Trump suggests injecting disinfectant as treatment | BBC
- 04/24/2020 - FDA commissioner weighs in on Trump's disinfectant claim | CNN
- 04/24/2020 - Self-reported symptoms of covid-19 including symptoms most predictive of SARS-CoV-2 infection, are heritable | MedRxiv
- 04/24/2020 - Second round of COVID-19 community testing completed; Miami-Dade County and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine announce initial findings | Miami Dade Office of the Mayor
- 04/24/2020 - Asymptomatic Transmission, the Achilles' Heel of Current Strategies to Control Covid-19 | NEJM
- 04/25/2020 - US states' moves to ease coronavirus lockdowns risk dangerous patchwork | The Guardian
- 04/25/2020 - Younger blacks and Latinos are dying of COVID-19 at higher rates in California | LA Times
- 04/25/2020 - Coronavirus: No evidence that recovered patients are immune, says WHO | Irish Times
- 04/25/2020 - WHO says no evidence shows that having coronavirus prevents a second infection | CNN
- 04/25/2020 - White House considering replacing HHS chief Azar: reports | Reuters
- 04/25/2020 - Fauci calls for at least doubling virus testing before reopening country | Politico
- 04/25/2020 - We did it to ourselves': scientist says intrusion into nature led to pandemic | The Guardian
- 04/26/2020 - German government confirms attempts by Chinese diplomats to persuade German officials to make positive public statements about China's management of the pandemic | Deutschland Radio - Translation
- 04/26/2020 - Birx declines to criticise Trump and warns distancing will last months | The Guardian
- 04/26/2020 - Trump denies he is about to fire Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar | CNN
- 04/26/2020 - New York clinical trial quietly tests heartburn remedy against coronavirus (Gilead Sciences, Famotidine) | Science Magazine
See the coronavirus health information page for more information.
*Note: The information contained in this newsletter or website does not constitute medical advice. If you are having a medical emergency please contact your local healthcare provider or dial 911. If you are concerned about your health risks related to Coronavirus, please consult a medical professional.
A simple ("crude"), estimated CFR is determined by dividing # deaths by # of infections, per country. Time series graph (Updated 04/11/2020)  A table of current infections, deaths, and CFR as of 04/26/2020. | Country | Infections | Deaths | CFR | 95% Confidence Interval | | USA | 965,783 | 54,881 | 5.68% | (5.64 - 5.73%) | | Spain | 226,629 | 23,190 | 10.23% | (10.11 - 10.36%) | | Italy | 197,675 | 26,644 | 13.48% | (13.33 - 13.63%) | | France | 162,220 | 22,890 | 14.11% | (13.94 - 14.28%) | | Germany | 157,770 | 5,976 | 3.79% | (3.69 - 3.88%) | | UK | 154,037 | 20,794 | 13.50% | (13.33 - 13.67%) | | China | 83,912 | 4,637 | 5.53% | (5.37 - 5.68%) | | South Korea | 10,738 | 243 | 2.26% | (1.98 - 2.54%) | | Australia | 6,714 | 83 | 1.24% | (0.97 - 1.50%) | | Global | 2,971,477 | 206,544 | 6.95% | (6.92 - 6.98%) | Genetic Epidemiology of COVID-19 How does the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 travel around the world during the 2019/2020 pandemic? Visit this section to learn more about the genetics and genomics tools we can use to trace its spread. |
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