Episode 31: Science Thursday with Dr. Jose, 07/30/20

Questions:

1. Updates on Numbers
2. Updates on Models
3. Things That Caught My Eye This Week: Hajj
4. Updates on all the things:
   • Vaccine News
   • A new therapeutic
   • Saliva tests
   • Update on the sunbelt phase of the epidemic—things are dire, but there are signs it might be slightly slowing down
   • Update on India
   • A pre print study released this week has something interesting to say about asymptomatic transmission
   • Testing remains quite difficult
   • There is evidence COVID causes longer lasting cardiac consequences (German studies)
5. There’s another viral video. I suppose we have to talk about it.
   • How do you tell when something is a bunch of lies?
6. Moving during pandemic…ie how I’m moving because there is no right way and it’s not low risk

Links:

• WaPo, Hajj 2020
• Yale, Press Release on Apilimod Phase II Trial
• CU Boulder, Press Release on Saliva Test
• Bloomberg, India Epidemic
• Pre-Print (NON PEER REVIEWED) study on asymptomatic transmission
• NYTimes, Testing Shortage
• CNN, Surges in Countries that had COVID Under Control
• STAT, Pair of German Studies of Cardiac Findings in COVID Patients