References

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#1 Why you should care TODAY and ACT?

• 1 – Why does community action work?
  • MODEL “Modeling the Comparative Impact of Individual Quarantine vs. Active Monitoring of Contacts for the Mitigation of COVID-19”
    Corey M Peak, Rebecca Kahn, Yonatan H Grad, Lauren M Childs, Ruoran Li, Marc Lipsitch, Caroline O Buckee
    https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.05.20031088
  • BLOG “Lessons from Influenza pandemic 1918” https://microbialmenagerie.com/social-distancing-1918-influenza-coronavirus-covid-19/
  • ARTICLE – Learning from Wuhan — there is no Alternative to the Containment of COVID-19

• 2 – Risks of the tango scene due to closeness / environment
  • EVIDENCE J Rocklöv, PhD, H Sjödin, PhD, A Wilder-Smith, MD, COVID-19 outbreak on the Diamond Princess cruise ship: estimating the epidemic potential and effectiveness of public health countermeasures, Journal of Travel Medicine, , taaa030, https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taaa030
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• 4 – Asymptomatic transmission / Contagiousness
  • EVIDENCE March 5, 2020 N Engl J Med 2020; 382:970-971 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2001468
  • OPINION https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2762028
• 4 – Incubation period
  • EVIDENCE https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762510
  • EVIDENCE https://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2762808/incubation-period-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-from-publicly-reported
• 5 – Risk groups
  • NEWS https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/06/health/coronavirus-older-people-social-distancing/index.html
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#2 The official numbers are low, so why should I worry?

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• 3 – exponential growth
  • MODEL: Simulator tool based on generic epidemiological models https://my.causal.app/models/1432?fbclid=IwAR2XKkYbASy_i_bsDwCIIhdtdIieDqY6oEaIXKajPrSdwBp_-0-R9iBKYkM
  • Opinion: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/scientists-are-racing-model-next-moves-coronavirus-thats-still-hard-predict?fbclid=IwAR2OQ47gpxni7O3M-grMobsIRdF0oQruAnrnFAD2vrnWBTteL4hGp4Oq5jg
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#3 Why is COVID-19 worse the influenza?

• General
  • EVIDENCE Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China, February 28, 2020 / DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2002032
  • EVIDENCE https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.105924
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#4 Why do you say the medical system must be protected?

• General
  • OPINION It’s not the virus per se, but the pandemic flood of patients
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• 4 – Overtaxed medical system
  • NEWS https://www.safety-plus.ch/wer-darf-sich-schuetzen-wer-nicht
  • NEWS https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/klinikaerzte-warnstreiks-103.html
  • NEWS https://www.sueddeutsche.de/karriere/tarife-berlin-gewerkschaft-setzt-warnstreik-an-der-charite-aus-corona-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-200303-99-165288

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