Wed. 04/08 - Can People Catch Coronavirus Again? Worrying Data Around Low Antibody Levels

More people in NYC have died from Coronavirus than died from the terrorist attacks of 9/11. A hydroxychloroquine test in France is halted due to cardiac issues. Potentially terrible news suggesting that reinfection from the virus is possible in some cases. Is there a genetic link to mild corona-cases? And is it time for technological smartphone surveillance in the US?

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EMT's Get Controversial New Guidelines On Taking Some Patients To The Hospital | WNYC News (WNYC) Coronavirus: low antibody levels raise questions about reinfection risk (South China Morning Post) Low level of antibodies in some recovered patients (Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, Twitter) Hunt Is on for Genetic Clues to Why Coronavirus Impact Varies (Wall Street Journal) Why Does Covid-19 Make Some People So Sick? Ask Their DNA (Wired) China Ends Wuhan Lockdown, but Normal Life Is a Distant Dream (NY Times) What we can learn from South Korea and Singapore’s efforts to stop coronavirus (besides wearing face masks) (Market Watch) A national COVID-19 surveillance system: Achieving containment (American Enterprise Institute) Tracking and tracing is key (Scott Gottlieb, Twitter) Quantifying SARS-CoV-2 transmission suggests epidemic control with digital contact tracing (Science Magazine) Are contact tracing apps able to get us out of the #COVID19 crisis? (Marcel Salathé, Twitter)

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