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Oct 22 • Science | 22 expert tweets ->
Understanding COVID-19 vaccine efficacy
Vaccine efficacy in high-risk groups and reduced viral shedding are important for protection

Oct 23 • Nature Medicine | 22 expert tweets ->
Modeling COVID-19 scenarios for the United States
A modeling study using case and mortality data from the first 8 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States explores five potential future scenarios of social distancing mandates and mask use at the state level, with projections of the course of the epidemic through winter 2021.

Oct 22 • Science | 22 expert tweets ->
The engines of SARS-CoV-2 spread
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread rapidly across the globe, causing epidemics that range from quickly controlled local outbreaks (such as New Zealand) to large ongoing epidemics infecting millions (such as the United States). A tremendous volume of scientific literature has followed, as has vigorous debate...

Oct 23 • The Price for Not Wearing Masks | 21 expert tweets ->
The Price for Not Wearing Masks: Perhaps 130,000 Lives
The pandemic death toll could be lowered by next spring if more Americans wear masks, a new analysis finds.

Oct 22 • Forbes | 20 expert tweets ->
Time To Tap Covid-19 Innovations & Systems To Reimagine TB Care
The TB epidemic is worsening because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Given the massive setback to progress in reaching any of the TB targets, it's time for the TB community to ask: are there Covid-19 innovations and systems that can be effectively leveraged to tackle TB and get back on track?

Schoolchildren Seem Unlikely to Fuel Coronavirus Surges, Scientists Say
Researchers once feared that school reopenings might spread the virus through communities. But so far there is little evidence that it’s happening.

Oct 23 • New England Journal of Medicine | 16 expert tweets ->
Facial Masking for Covid-19 | NEJM
Correspondence from The New England Journal of Medicine — Facial Masking for Covid-19

Oct 23 • Washington Post | 14 expert tweets ->
Analysis | A powerful argument for wearing a mask, in visual form
Real-time pandemic data paints a vivid picture of the relationship between mask-wearing and the prevalence of covid-19 symptoms.

Oct 22 • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | 14 expert tweets ->
Mitigating a COVID-19 Outbreak Among Major League ...
This report describes the Major League Baseball’s response to a COVID-19 outbreak among players.

Oct 22 • Opinion | 13 expert tweets ->
Opinion | A Member of Congress and a Doctor Have Voting Advice for You
Don’t wait until Election Day: Make a plan, vote early if you can and take the usual coronavirus precautions.

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Oct 17 • WSJ | 30 expert tweets ->
More Than 1,000 Current and Former CDC Officers Criticize U.S. Covid-19 Response
An open letter criticized the nation’s public-health response to the Covid-19 pandemic and called for the federal agency to play a more central role.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02948-4

Oct 18 • Covid | 27 expert tweets ->
Covid-19: The global crisis — in data
Charts and maps shows paradoxes of a pandemic that has claimed a million lives

Oct 20 • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | 26 expert tweets ->
Excess Deaths Associated with COVID-19, by Age and ...
This report describes the estimated excess deaths reported in the United States from late January through October 3, 2020, with 66% excess deaths attributed to COVID-19.

Oct 19 • Washington Post | 20 expert tweets ->
Trump’s den of dissent: Inside the White House task force as coronavirus surges
The U.S. response is increasingly plagued by distrust, infighting and lethargy, just as experts predict coronavirus cases could surge this winter and deaths could reach 400,000 by year’s end.

Oct 18 • Washington Post | 19 expert tweets ->
Opinion | A half-million more people could die if America pursues a ‘herd immunity’ plan
Pursuing herd immunity is the wrong, dead wrong, solution for the pandemic.

White House Opposes Expanded Virus Testing, Complicating Stimulus Talks
Some administration officials say testing Americans with no symptoms of the coronavirus would hurt the economy and restrict civil liberties. Democrats and some prominent experts say it would slow the virus and bolster economic growth.

Face Coverings and Masks; Advice and Information for the General Public
There are several things you can do to keep yourself and others safe from COVID-19, including:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/health/coronavirus-great-barrington.html

Oct 20 • NPR.org | 18 expert tweets ->
Studies Point To Big Drop In COVID-19 Death Rates
More hospitalized patients are surviving than early in the pandemic. Improved treatments make a big difference, but so does flattening the curve to keep hospitals from overfilling, researchers say.

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