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diff --git a/covid19-links.md b/covid19-links.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c4681de --- /dev/null +++ b/covid19-links.md @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +** Main links, portals, etc.: + +* Wikipedia articles [on the + outbreak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_outbreak), + [on the + virus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome_coronavirus_2) + and [on the disease it + causes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_disease_2019). + +* [Daily situation + reports](https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports/) + and [general + updates](https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019) + by the WHO. + +* [Covid-19 global cases situation dashboard by John + Hopkins](https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6), + updated permanently ([historical + data](https://github.com/CSSEGISandData/COVID-19)). + +* [Epidemic data by Wolfram + Data](https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/examples/COVID19China). + +* [Phylogenetic tree of 2019-nCoV + strains](https://nextstrain.org/ncov) ([data + source](https://github.com/nextstrain/ncov)). + +* [Virus pathogen data portal on + 2019-nCoV](https://www.viprbrc.org/brc/home.spg?decorator=corona_ncov). + +** Topical or time-specific links: + +* [Twitter Q&A + thread](https://twitter.com/MackayIM/status/1233509962292375559) by + virologist [Ian M. Mackay](https://virologydownunder.com/) on + 2020-02-28; discusses, inter alia, reinfection + ([here](https://twitter.com/MackayIM/status/1233512522168356864), + [here](https://twitter.com/MackayIM/status/1233512323358363654) and + [here](https://twitter.com/MackayIM/status/1233511497017561090); + seems to think false recovery is more likely than reinfection), + [attack + rate](https://twitter.com/MackayIM/status/1233511899083530240) + (thinks 70% is probably overestimated), [virus + lifetime](https://twitter.com/MackayIM/status/1233522944137187329), + [fatality rate in + Italy](https://twitter.com/MackayIM/status/1233521001578803200) + (probably seems high because of observation bias) and more. + +* [A discussion of seasonality of SARS-CoV-2 by epidemiologist Marc + Lipsitch](https://docs.google.com/document/d/17mWPx-HTE1F2RKkbJlt4VkSYaznUiJgt21nuvmu51Kc) + \[date≤2020-02-26\]; summary: despite seasonality of related + viruses, it probably won't go away on its own in the summer. + +* [A primer for the general public on virus + mutation](https://ccdd.hsph.harvard.edu/mutation-adaptation-and-virus-genomes-a-primer-for-the-public/) + \[date≤2020-02-26\]; main message is that we don't know much about + mutations of this particular virus, but mutations aren't + particularly scary in and of themselves. + +* [Interview of Éric Caumes (head of the department of infectious + diseases at the Pitié hospital in + Paris)](https://www.jim.fr/e-docs/covid_19_la_riposte_est_elle_plus_redoutable_que_le_virus__181852/document_jim_tube.phtml) + on 2020-02-25 \[in French\], discussing various issues + (contagiousness, attack rate, fatality rate, mutation rate, etc.); + main message seems to be that we are overreacting. + +* [Thread by epidemiologist Marc + Lipsitch](https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1231425805898657795.html) + on 2020-02-23 ([Twitter + link](https://twitter.com/mlipsitch/status/1231425805898657795)), + discussing the possibility and effectiveness of (temporary vs + long-term) countermeasures (case-based containment vs lockdowns, + etc.); expresses skepticism as to effectiveness of Chinese lockdowns + (and reliability of reported figures). + +* [What we have learnt as of 2020-02-20, MOOC by epidemiologist Arnaud + Fontanet for the Institut + Pasteur](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l_NxT9XJHk); summarizes + main information as of this date. *\[TODO: write better summary + here.\]* + +* [Thread by epidemiologist Marc + Lipsitch](https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1228373884027592704.html) + on 2020-02-14 ([Twitter + link](https://twitter.com/mlipsitch/status/1228373884027592704)), + discussing attack rate (=cumulated infection rate) r and the + estimation that 40%≲r≲70% “in a situation without effective + controls” based on comparison with similar epidemics. + +* [Epidemiological characteristics report published in *China CDC + Weekly*](http://weekly.chinacdc.cn/fileCCDCW/journal/article/ccdcw/newcreate/COVID-19.pdf) + \[[mirror](https://github.com/cmrivers/ncov/blob/master/COVID-19.pdf)\] + detailing breakdown of cases and statistics up to 2020-02-11 (72 314 + cases). |