Thu. 04/30 - Would You Volunteer To Get COVID-19?

A deep dive into the hopes surrounding remdesivir as a potential treatment drug. A high level summary of the current status around the world. Why some COVID-19 patients don’t sense they’re low on oxygen. Some more clues as to why some recovered patients test positive again later. And a look at the people stepping forward to risk their lives for a COVID vaccine. Should we let them?

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UK hospitalization dataset (Noah Smith, Twitter) AstraZeneca news (Yashar Ali, Twitter) Gilead: Critical study of Covid-19 drug shows patients respond to treatment (STAT) Race for Coronavirus Vaccine Accelerates as Pfizer Says U.S. Testing to Begin Next Week (WSJ) Why don’t some coronavirus patients sense their alarmingly low oxygen levels? (Science) Opinion | The Infection That’s Silently Killing Coronavirus Patients (New York Times) (LEAD) Recovered virus patients retest positive due to 'dead' virus fragments: experts (Yonhap News Agency) U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Is Far Higher Than Reported, C.D.C. Data Suggests (New York Times) Global coronavirus death toll could be 60% higher than reported (Financial Times) People Are Willing to Risk Their Lives for a COVID Vaccine. Should We Let Them? (Vice)

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