Interesting discussion of sewage and COVID19. Interview / discussion led by Andrew Revkin (Columbia University’s Earth Institute) and includes Rolf Halden (Arizona State University), Jeff Schlegelmilch (Columbia’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness) and Angela Rasmussen (Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health).
The American Society for Microbiology has a useful resource on COVID19 and the novel coronavirus. This includes some links, slides, videos, information about ASM activities, and more. See: COVID-19 is a pneumonia-like disease with symptoms including fever, dry cough and shortness of breath that was first identified in Wuhan, China. The disease is caused by …
Quick post here. There is a news story about a preprint of possible interest. Scientists report (in the non peer reviewed preprint) that they were able to find evidence for the novel coronavirus in sewage even before cases were reported in the town where the sewage is from. Dutch scientists were able to find the …
There is a good article by Ed Yong in the Atlantic about masks that discusses some of the issues with studying and inferring transmission possibilities regarding COVID19. How the coronavirus travels through the air has become one of the most divisive debates in this pandemic. Source: Everyone Thinks They’re Right About Masks
Useful Q&A and possibility to submit other questions via Undark Magazine. Undark readers have sent us numerous questions, comments, and observations on the Covid-19 pandemic. Our publisher responds. Source: Dear Readers: Fielding Your Thoughts and Questions on Covid-19
See this STAT article for a discussion of a database of scientists offering to help in fighting COVID19. Database is here: Michael Wells, a postdoctoral fellow at the Broad Institute, created a database of like-minded scientists to connect their skills where they are needed. Source: A call to scientists: Share your bench skills to fight …
A new New York Times article of interest on on the new coronavirus and how long it survives on surfaces and in the air. Article by Apporva Mandavilli with comments from lead author of a new paper on the topic Dr. Vincent Munster and also Dr. Linsey Marr and Dr. Jeffrey Shaman. A new study could have …
Interesting preprint worth checking out (note – this is a non peer reviewed preprint). “It reports new medical research that has yet to be evaluated and so should not be used to guide clinical practice.” Abstract: Mobile phone apps implementing algorithmic contact tracing can speed up the process of tracing newly diagnosed individuals, spreading information …
So if you have access to the Wall Street Journal, this article is worth a look. It focuses on the spread of coronavirus and how open / compact work environments (such as those that have been growing in usage in the tech industry and elsewhere) might make the spread of the virus more rapid than …
There is a new preprint of interest to those interested in SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus spreading around the world. Details: Aerosol and surface stability of HCoV-19 (SARS-CoV-2) compared to SARS-CoV-1 Neeltje van Doremalen, Trenton Bushmaker, Dylan Morris, Myndi Holbrook, Amandine Gamble, Brandi Williamson, Azaibi Tamin, Jennifer Harcourt, Natalie Thornburg, Susan Gerber, Jamie Lloyd-Smith, Emmie de …