R0 (the basic reproductive number) tells us more than just how many people will be infected in a totally susceptible population. It can be used to calculate the how much vaccine coverage is needed to get to herd immunity. As…
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#SwedishModel Sweden, global socialist ideal, with the best health care system in the world, high incomes & social indicators followed its epidemiologists’ advice and chose herd immunity in its fight against Covid-19. In episode 488 #CutTheClutter, of Shekhar Gupta explains…
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In this UCSF Medical Grand Rounds presentation (May 21, 2020), UCSF experts provide an update on the epidemiology for COVID-19, prospects for treatments and vaccines, and thromboembolic complications in Covid-19. They also highlight emerging evidence regarding the multisystem inflammatory syndrome…
A new Swedish study found that just 7% of people in Stockholm had caught the novel coronavirus COVID-19 by the end of April. According to Business Insider, Swedish forecasters had previously predicted up to half the population would catch the…
