Some Articles About COVID-19

Here are some recent articles about COVID-19 that I thought worth sharing.

• Some in L.A. are getting COVID-19 tests so they can party, socialize. Officials call this a disaster. "Desperately seeking to find a seemingly responsible way to hold dinner parties, some people have started to get tests for the coronavirus as a way to clear themselves to attend dinner parties without needing to wear masks or keep their distance. That’s absolutely the wrong thing to do, according to Barbara Ferrer, Los Angeles County’s director of public health."
• COVID-19 is causing long-term mental health problems in some patients. "A new study published in the Lancet Psychiatry journal has confirmed something that COVID-19 patients have been reporting anecdotally for months: that almost 1 in 5 COVID-19 patients have also been diagnosed with a mental illness for the first time within three months of contracting the virus. These issues include depression, anxiety, insomnia, and dementia."
• Covidiots come in all colours. Using race-based data to demonize South Asians is a cruel twisting of the evidence.
• Addressing male sexual and reproductive health in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak. "COVID-19 survivors might develop sexual and reproductive health issues. Andrological assessment and tailored treatments should be considered in the follow-up." 
• The Pandemic Safety Rule That Really Matters. "Don’t spend time indoors with people outside your household."
• Partisan differences in physical distancing are linked to health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. When it comes to COVID-19, reality has a liberal bias and the authors can prove it.
• You Still Need to Have the Conversation. "I wrote about the ineffectiveness of yelling about COVID Thanksgiving on here — and what it takes to actually persuade people in your life not to travel."