Should I still be wearing a mask when I am out of my home in the presence of other people?
Infection and Spread Masks Staying Safe
Ashley Ritter, APRN, PhD
A: Yes! You should wear the mask. A recent systematic review published in The Lancet examined the reduction in viral transmission with physical distancing and when wearing a mask. The rigorous study design summarizes existing evidence of 172 observational studies by grading the quality of each study and compiling the results. The findings of this Read more…
Study On Use of Steroids to Reduce COVID-19 Deaths
Treatments
Lindsey Leininger, PhD MA
BREAKING NEWS: A well-designed study by a respectable research group has yielded preliminary results indicating that a common, inexpensive steroid reduced deaths among very ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Nerdy Girl initial reactions: (1) THE STUDY IS WELL-DESIGNED Using the 3 Cs Framework: COMPARISON, CHANCE, and CONTEXT a) There is a randomly assigned COMPARISON group Read more…
Have we learned anything new recently about COVID-19 transmission?
Infection and Spread
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Recent analysis of infection clusters in Japan bolsters evidence that heavy breathing in close proximity is high risk activity for community spread. Japan has been aggressively tracing “clusters” of coronavirus infections, and the recently summary published by the CDC (linked below) is full of interesting findings. “Clusters” were defined as 5 or more confirmed Read more…
A: Yes! You should wear the mask. A recent systematic review published in The Lancet examined the reduction in viral transmission with physical distancing and when wearing a mask. The rigorous study design summarizes existing evidence of 172 observational studies by grading the quality of each study and compiling the results. The findings of this Read more…
Study On Use of Steroids to Reduce COVID-19 Deaths
TreatmentsLindsey Leininger, PhD MA
BREAKING NEWS: A well-designed study by a respectable research group has yielded preliminary results indicating that a common, inexpensive steroid reduced deaths among very ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Nerdy Girl initial reactions: (1) THE STUDY IS WELL-DESIGNED Using the 3 Cs Framework: COMPARISON, CHANCE, and CONTEXT a) There is a randomly assigned COMPARISON group Read more…
Have we learned anything new recently about COVID-19 transmission?
Infection and Spread
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Recent analysis of infection clusters in Japan bolsters evidence that heavy breathing in close proximity is high risk activity for community spread. Japan has been aggressively tracing “clusters” of coronavirus infections, and the recently summary published by the CDC (linked below) is full of interesting findings. “Clusters” were defined as 5 or more confirmed Read more…
BREAKING NEWS: A well-designed study by a respectable research group has yielded preliminary results indicating that a common, inexpensive steroid reduced deaths among very ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Nerdy Girl initial reactions: (1) THE STUDY IS WELL-DESIGNED Using the 3 Cs Framework: COMPARISON, CHANCE, and CONTEXT a) There is a randomly assigned COMPARISON group Read more…
Have we learned anything new recently about COVID-19 transmission?
Infection and SpreadJennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
A: Recent analysis of infection clusters in Japan bolsters evidence that heavy breathing in close proximity is high risk activity for community spread. Japan has been aggressively tracing “clusters” of coronavirus infections, and the recently summary published by the CDC (linked below) is full of interesting findings. “Clusters” were defined as 5 or more confirmed Read more…
A: Recent analysis of infection clusters in Japan bolsters evidence that heavy breathing in close proximity is high risk activity for community spread. Japan has been aggressively tracing “clusters” of coronavirus infections, and the recently summary published by the CDC (linked below) is full of interesting findings. “Clusters” were defined as 5 or more confirmed Read more…
