The following excerpts from a New York magazine article by David Wallace-Wells (recently celebrated author of “The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming“) go well beyond the recent Science magazine article describing the various ways the corona virus ravages the human body. Wells portrays a shape-shifting demon that is taking many surprising and unexpected turns….
From Science magazine: On rounds in a 20-bed intensive care unit (ICU) one recent day, physician Joshua Denson assessed two patients with seizures, many with respiratory failure and others whose kidneys were on a dangerous downhill slide. Days earlier, his rounds had been interrupted as his team tried, and failed, to resuscitate a young…
Editor’s Note: The article by David Wallace-Wells (writing in the New York magazine) from which the excerpt below is taken, is one of the best summaries I’ve seen of where we’re at and where we’re not at in the COVID-19 pandemic, but it rests on a counterintuitive assertion, that the Corona virus fatality rate…
Satchin Panda, University of California San Diego Social distancing and washing hands have become the frontline in the fight against COVID-19, but there is another powerfully protective resource immediately available to all: your circadian rhythm. While isolation and hygiene are effective in reducing the chance of infection, they do little to increase our resilience…
Kylie Quinn, RMIT University and Damian Purcell, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is changing how we live. With a rapid increase in cases, we are now isolating in our homes to “flatten the curve”. However, it will be nearly impossible to eradicate the virus simultaneously…