Mon. 4/20 - What We Can Learn From South Korea

Re-upping or concern for specific hotspots as flareup potentials, including prisons, factories and nursing homes. More data that the curve has flattened into a plateau but it’s not dropping. More good news about Remdesivir. More data linking obesity to serve Covid outcomes. And worrying news that the first antibody tests are having serious problems.

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Report: Cobble Hill nursing home has most coronavirus deaths (Brooklyn Daily Eagle) Washington State curve (Noah Smith, Twitter) Why Is South Korea Beating Coronavirus?: Mass Testing Success (Bloomberg) Coronavirus Testing Needs to Triple Before the U.S. Can Reopen, Experts Say (New York Times) Antiviral remdesivir prevents disease progression in monkeys with COVID-19 (National Institutes of Health) Obesity Linked to Severe Coronavirus Disease, Especially for Younger Patients (New York Times) Scientist behind saliva test breakthrough sees bridge to nationwide coronavirus screening (ABC News) Antibody Test, Seen as Key to Reopening Country, Does Not Yet Deliver (NY Times)

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