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Maggie Haberman @maggieNYT

With @noahweiland @MarkMazzettiNYT and @anniekarni, Trump had "infiltrates" on his lungs and officials believed he would need to be put on a ventilator before he went to Walter Reed with covid last fall Trump Was Sicker Than Acknowledged With Covid-19When he was hospitalized with the coronavirus in October, his blood oxygen levels had plunged and officials feared he was on the verge of being placed on a ventilator.nytimes.com

February 11th 2021

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Martin Landray @MartinLandray

👇RECOVERY pre-print: Tocilizumab - reduces mortality - shortens hospital stay - reduces progression to invasive mechanical ventilation Clear benefits on top of corticosteroids Good news! medrxiv.org/content/10.110…Tocilizumab in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): preliminary results of a randomised, controlled, open-label, platfor…Findings: Between 23 April 2020 and 25 January 2021, 4116 adults were included in the assessment of tocilizumab, including 562 (14%) patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation, 1686 (41%) receiving non-invasive respiratory support, and. 1868 (45%) receiving no respiratory support other than …medrxiv.org

February 11th 2021

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Esther Choo MD MPH @choo_ek

Dr. Gokal had in-hand doses of COVID vaccine that would go to waste if he didn't use them within hours. He used them for neighbors, acquaintances, and family, filtering out for those with risk factors. He did the right thing. He was fired. The Vaccine Had to Be Used. He Used It. He Was Fired.Ten doses of the Covid-19 vaccine would expire within hours, so a Houston doctor gave it to people with medical conditions, including his wife. What followed was “the lowest moment in my life,” Dr. Hasan Gokal said.nytimes.com

February 11th 2021

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen

Picture-perfect spillover origin scenes as depicted in Contagion never emerge in real-life investigations of complex diseases, but we still have a lot to learn and this is a start, says @KindrachukJason. By me + @ewencallaway @SmritiMallapaty COVID origin search must continue after WHO report, say scientistsInvestigation team rules out idea that the coronavirus came from a laboratory leak, but offers two hypotheses popular in Chinese media.nature.com

February 11th 2021

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Eric Topol @EricTopol

New data open vs closed schools from Sweden, and particularly the risk of #SARSCoV2 infections and hospitalizations among teachers, while low, doubled in upper-secondary. Parents: 17% increase pnas.org/content/118/9/… @PNASNews by @jonasvlachos @helenasvaleryd @UU_UniversityThe effects of school closures on SARS-CoV-2 among parents and teachersMany countries closed schools during the pandemic to contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Sweden closed upper-secondary schools, while lower-secondary schools remained open, allowing for an evaluation of school closures. This study analyzes the impact of school closures on the spread of SARS-CoV-2 by c…pnas.org

February 11th 2021

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