+++ Transmission +++
3 December Manna A. Be Aware of Droplets and Bubbles. Ann Intern Med 2020, published 1 December. Web page: https://doi.org/10.7326/G20-0114 No comment. 28 November Cunningham L, Nicholson PJ, O’Cnnor J, McFadden JP. Cold...
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7 Days
The daily Top 10 – every day the best papers published in the best medical and scientific journals. By Christian Hoffmann & Bernd S. Kamps. Copy-editor: Rob Camp. 30 November Epidemiology Vos ERA,...
SARS-CoV-2 transmission among high-risk contacts
| 3 November 2020 | Singapore’s comprehensive approach to COVID-19 control, much of which was prepared following the 2003 SARS epidemic, is likely to have contributed to the low secondary attack rate among household...
Household transmission
| 31 October | Important study (because prospective). After enrollment, 101 index patients and 191 household members were trained remotely by study staff members to complete symptom diaries and obtain self-collected specimens, nasal swabs...
++ Español ++
Purgatorio | 31 de octubre | Si lees español, lee Los médicos en las UCI: “Aún no es el infierno, pero sí el purgatorio”. El País 2020, published 31 October | Una cuarta parte...
++ The Textbook ++
| Treatment | 31 October 2020 | Let’s face reality: at the beginning of the second pandemic wave, we have some steroids which have been shown to reduce mortality in patients with severe COVID-19;...
No herd immunity without vaccines
Herd immunity has recently been discussed as a desirable result of wide-scale vaccination programs. (High levels of vaccination-induced immunity in the population benefits those who can’t receive or sufficiently respond to a vaccine, such...
SARS CoV-2 transmission in music clubs
Article of the day – and bad news for music clubs: asymptomatically infected persons can transmit the virus as soon as 2 days after infection. Substantial exposure can even occur within a few hours....