Monday, March 09, 2020

Some COVID-19 Links

I've been following the COVID-19 epidemic closely and would like to share some of the better information sources that I've found, along with some articles with good advice and analysis.
  • COVID-19 Coronavirus Outbreak page on Worldometer. There are several dashboard sites for the coronavirus outbreak, but this is the best one that I've found so far. Sections include Updates (the main page), Death Rate, Incubation, and others. 
  • Crawford Kilian's H5N1 blog. I've been following this site ever since Kilian set it up as a response to the first H5N1 outbreak. It's since became a central news site for infectious diseases in general. 
  • A somewhat speculative Twitter thread by Liz Specht analysing just how bad the COVID-19 outbreak could get if it continues exponential growth. 
  • How might a pandemic affect US society and politics in 2020? An article that considers some of the second-order effects of a widespread COVID-19 pandemic. There are a lot of them, and they are not good. To name just one, if schools get closed, what happens to the children who rely on school meal programs?
  • Epidemic Science & Health, a Twitter list of epidemiologists, researchers, public health experts, and journalists tracking COVID-19. The list was compiled by Josh Marshall, the founder of talkingpointsmemo.com.

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