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Ten Percent
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Anchor lead: Estimates are that about 10% of the US population has been exposed to Sars-CoV2, Elizabeth Tracey reports Seroprevalence refers to looking for antibodies to an infection in a population, with the most recent study in the US finding …
Virus Challenge
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Anchor lead: Volunteers in the UK plan to allow themselves to be infected with Sars-CoV2 following vaccination, Elizabeth Tracey reports How can you tell if a Sars-CoV2 vaccine works? Most studies inject two groups of people, one of whom gets …
Less Death and Fewer Hospitalizations
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Anchor lead: What accounts for an apparent decline in severity of Covid-19? Elizabeth Tracey reports Numbers of people infected with Sars-CoV2 continue to rise nationally, yet the rates of hospitalization and death are largely declining, recent data show. Brian Garibaldi, …
No Symptoms
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Anchor lead: How many people can be infected with Sars-CoV2 but not show symptoms? Elizabeth Tracey reports One in three people who tested positive for Sars-CoV2 didn’t have any symptoms at diagnosis and never developed any, a recent study from …
Covid Upside
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Anchor lead: What can a big data analysis of Covid-19 hospitalizations teach us? Elizabeth Tracey reports Assessment of several clinical factors and other patient characteristics can predict who might have a severe course of Covid-19 when they are hospitalized, a …
Covid Calculations
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Anchor lead: Can we predict the most likely outcomes for people hospitalized with Covid-19? Elizabeth Tracey reports Using a number of factors assessed when someone comes to the hospital with Covid-19, it is possible to predict the likelihood of outcomes …