Measures do not prevent deaths, transmission is not by contact, masks provide no benefit, vaccines are inherently dangerous: Review update of recent science relevant to COVID-19 policy
On 29 Dec, 2020 By admin 0 Comments
Public Policy
Effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19: A Tale of Three Models
On 27 Dec, 2020 By admin 0 Comments
December, 2020
Abstract
Objective To compare the inference regarding the effectiveness of the various non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) for COVID-19 obtained from different SIR models.
THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 UNEMPLOYMENT SHOCK ON LIFE EXPECTANCY AND MORTALITY RATES
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Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
On 14 Dec, 2020 By admin 0 Comments
December, 2020
Key Points
Question What is the household secondary attack rate for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)?
Predictive Performance of International COVID-19 Mortality Forecasting Models
On 27 Nov, 2020 By admin 0 Comments
November, 2020
See Code - Global COVID-19 Forecast Comparison
Code for: Predicting the Trajectory of Any COVID19 Epidemic From the Best Straight Line
On 18 Nov, 2020 By admin 0 Comments
Code to accompany paper below: See: https://github.com/csblab/covid19-public/
Predicting the Trajectory of Any COVID19 Epidemic From the Best Straight Line Michael Levitt, Andrea Scaiewicz, Francesco Zonta
June, 2020
Abstract
False-positive COVID-19 Results: Hidden Problems and Costs
On 15 Nov, 2020 By admin 0 Comments
September, 2020
RT-PCR tests to detect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA are the operational gold standard for detecting COVID-19 disease in clinical practice. RT-PCR assays in the UK have analytical sensitivity and specificity of greater than 95%, but no single gold standard assay exists.
Covid-19: Politicisation, “Corruption,” and Suppression of Science
On 15 Nov, 2020 By admin 0 Comments
November, 2020
When good science is suppressed by the medical-political complex, people die
Kamran Abbasi, executive editor
Covid-19 Mortality: A Matter of Vulnerability Among Nations Facing Limited Margins of Adaptation
On 12 Nov, 2020 By admin 0 Comments
November, 2020
Results: Higher Covid death rates are observed in the [25/65°] latitude and in the [−35/−125°] longitude ranges. The national criteria most associated with death rate are life expectancy and its slowdown, public health context (metabolic and non-communicable diseases (NCD) burden vs. infectious diseases prevalence), economy (growth national product, financial support), and environment (temperature, ultra-violet index). Stringency of the measures settled to fight pandemia, including lockdown, did not appear to be linked with death rate.
Tea with Scientist Dr. Sunetra Gupta
On 2 Nov, 2020 By admin 0 Comments