Infectious Diseases
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The epidemic in India is echoed next-door in Nepal.The numbers are even more concerning in Nepal when looking at case positivity. Case positivity in Nepal reflects an epidemic that is
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Hawaii, opening up to tourism with testing may not be the best idea.Islands like Aruba, French Polynesia, and Iceland had seen terrific control of COVID until tourists, fully tested tourists,
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Infection Prevention and Control 101.1. Do not rely on one tool. Do not build a Maginot Line2. Work from broadest communal protection down to personal protection. Reduce entry, design environments
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So what's the big deal about taking unproven therapies?Well, with convalescent plasma, the most recent study https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.12.20169359v1 showed 8.7% survived if given treatment in first 3 days, 11.9% su
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Outbreaks are like a test where there are the same questions and the same answers each time1. Autocracies hide infections. Viruses just love this and multiply2. No one gets to
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