Lessons from an earlier epidemic (SARS, 17 years ago), from ⁦Duncan Watts⁩.

Main point: in a connected world, a bit of fear is good.

https://t.co/zUFcCaCx5N

Key quote from the article: “our real concern ought not to be that we are too easily scared, but that we are too easily reassured.”

#coronavirus #COVIDー19 #covid19

If you want to understand what’s going on with the #coronavirus, this is the most informative article I have seen yet Definitely worth reading.

Coronavirus in China: The most important lessons from China’s Covid-19 response - Vox

https://t.co/P2pLHiI98K

🦠 Good Q&A about the #math of #coronavirus, with ⁦Adam J Kucharski⁩

https://t.co/rWEWKXMzqH

Here's a short blog post where I discuss a simple agent-based model (built in #netlogo) to illustrate how social distancing helps to flatten the curve, slow the spread, and reduce the impact of #COVIDー19. #FlattenTheCurve #coronavirus

https://t.co/FvwPWLM4bY

💉 More than 90 #coronavirus #vaccines are being developed by research teams around the world. Our graphical guide explains each vaccine design.

https://t.co/FubzKkPlqZ

Latest #coronavirus research:
👉Experimental vaccine prompted strong immune response in monkeys.
👉Lifting lockdown could spell surge of infections for France.
👉A single person who attended choir practice led to infection of more than 50 choir members.

https://t.co/kLL8jPRQh4

Six months into the pandemic, #coronavirus has reached almost every country in the world – but there’s a lot scientists still don’t know. https://t.co/ElytJd3EMQ

🦠 “If schools are reopened in areas with high levels of community transmission, major outbreaks are inevitable and deaths will occur in the community as a result."

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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02403-4

Why, even during lockdown, do #coronavirus infection curves continue to grow linearly? The answer lies in networks.

"For any given #transmission rate there exists a critical degree of contact #networks below which linear #infection curves must occur and above which the classical S-shaped curves appear that are known from epidemiological models."

https://t.co/j70KwyijkW

🦠💉 Key questions that researchers are trying to answer about #coronavirus reinfections:

👉How common is reinfection?
👉Are second infections more or less severe than the first?
👉What implications do reinfections have for #vaccine prospects?

https://t.co/mM0OqSY5EK

Latest #coronavirus research:
👉 Scientists engineer an antibody that effectively disables SARS-CoV-2 and closely related coronaviruses.
👉 Death risk for essential workers 20–40% higher than expected.
👉 Moderna vaccine seems to work against new variants.
https://t.co/RLPGImM0P0