I don't know for other countries, but for France, that is true and a lot of people are aware that this is an important problem as more and more retirement homes are affected by the virus.
Mystery In Wuhan: Recovered Coronavirus Patients Test Negative ... Then Positive
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/27/822407626/mystery-in-wuhan-recovered-coronavirus-patients-test-negative-then-positive
This is becoming a real problem in France. Everybody asks for chloroquine, people with lupus (who really need it) are afraid of shortages. They can't recruit people for the big well designed trial that could tell if it works or not, because nobody wants to be in the no-treatment harm...
Raoult...
About modelling:
Mathematics of life and death: How disease models shape national shutdowns and other pandemic policies
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/mathematics-life-and-death-how-disease-models-shape-national-shutdowns-and-other#
Coronavirus exposes the problems and pitfalls of...
COVID patients need to stay in hospital way longer than flu if I understood correctly, this has a cost in terms of public safety too, and has to be taken into consideration. There'll be indirect deaths caused by delayed care.
It's the same everywhere, 17 % of Parisians flew away from Paris, a highly infected zone and are now spreading COVID in rural places and small towns without adequate medical infrastructure.
In one Italian town, we showed mass testing could eradicate the coronavirus
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/20/eradicated-coronavirus-mass-testing-covid-19-italy-vo
Same in France. At first the Education secretary ordered everyone working in school to be there, despite only medical personal's children being present. But everybody protested as it was a useless break to the confinement and because schools are under equiped with computers and internet...
The main author of this study has been all over the French media claiming that he has found the solution to the COVID 19 crisis, without any precaution. I do not think this is a responsible attitude, given all the limitations of this trial, and wouldn't trust someone with such a poor sense of...
Coronavirus survives on surfaces up to 72 hours. Here’s how to protect yourself
https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/19/coronavirus-survives-on-surfaces-how-to-protect-yourself/
I’m a Doctor in Italy. We Have Never Seen Anything Like This.
My country’s health care system may soon collapse.
By Marco Pavesi
Dr. Pavesi is an anesthesiologist.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/opinion/coronavirus-italy.html
I’m a Doctor in Britain. We’re Heading Into the Abyss.
How many...
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