On: COVID-19—Lessons learned, challenges ahead, and reasons for optimism and concern Episode: 102 Date: 31 March 2020 Background: Infectious disease epidemiologist. Key Subjects: Infection. Until there is a vaccine, 50-70% of the population may end up getting infected. Math does
By: Alex Zhavoronkov In: Aging Date: 31 March, 2020 Summary COVID-19 disproportionately harms the elderly. Infection rates, severity, and lethality all increase with age. Mostly because of higher levels of comorbidity among elderly. May also be due to decreased immune
By: Seth Flaxman, Swapnil Mishra, Axel Gandy, H Juliette T Unwin, Helen Coupland, Thomas A Mellan, Harrison Zhu, Tresnia Berah, Jeffrey W Eaton, Pablo N P Guzman, Nora Schmit, Lucia Callizo, Kylie E C Ainslie, Marc Baguelin, Isobel Blake, Adhiratha
By: Kylie E C Ainslie, Caroline Walters, Han Fu, Sangeeta Bhatia, Haowei Wang, Marc Baguelin, Samir Bhatt, Adhiratha Boonyasiri, Olivia Boyd, Lorenzo Cattarino, Constanze Ciavarella, , Zulma Cucunubá, Gina CuomoDannenburg, Amy Dighe, Ilaria Dorigatti, Sabine L van Elsland, Rich FitzJohn,
Jose Lorenco, Robert Paton, Mahan Ghafari, Moritz Kraemer, Craig Thompson, Peter Simmonds, Paul Klenerman, Sunetra Gupta In: not yet published Date: 25 March, 2020 Summary Three phases of the spread of a novel pathogenic infectious agent: Slow accumulation of new
By: Kylie E C Ainslie, Caroline Walters, Han Fu, Sangeeta Bhatia, Haowei Wang, Marc Baguelin, Samir Bhatt, Adhiratha Boonyasiri, Olivia Boyd, Lorenzo Cattarino, Constanze Ciavarella, , Zulma Cucunubá, Gina CuomoDannenburg, Amy Dighe, Ilaria Dorigatti, Sabine L van Elsland, Rich FitzJohn,
On: COVID-19 (Continued) Episode: 99 Date: March 2020 Background: Scientist, pediatrician, and advocate in the fields of global health, vaccinology, and neglected tropical disease control. Key Subjects: No real sense of actual number of cases (% of population infected). Geographical
By: Neil M Ferguson, Daniel Laydon, Gemma Nedjati-Gilani, Natsuko Imai, Kylie Ainslie, Marc Baguelin, Sangeeta Bhatia, Adhiratha Boonyasiri, Zulma Cucunubá, Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg, Amy Dighe, Ilaria Dorigatti, Han Fu, Katy Gaythorpe, Will Green, Arran Hamlet, Wes Hinsley, Lucy C Okell, Sabine
On: COVID-19 FAQ Episode: 98 Date: March 2020 Background: Internal medicine physician and co-author of Genius Foods. Key Subjects: Impact of limited healthcare capacity. Lack of ICU beds drives higher morbidity rate of COVID-19. Inability to provide appropriate care for
On: COVID-19 Episode: 97 Date: March 2020 Background: Scientist, pediatrician, and advocate in the fields of global health, vaccinology, and neglected tropical disease control. Key Subjects: COVID-19. One of three 21st century coronavirus pandemics: SARS (2003), MERS (2012), COVID-19 (now).