My Virtual Reading Room

From Medscape:

NIH Panel Issues Guidelines for COVID-19 Treatment

(Spoiler alert: most of them are "There are insufficient clinical data to recommend for or against...")

It's Too Dangerous to Prescribe Off-Label Drugs for COVID-19

(Hi. I'm Art Caplan. I'm talking to you from my home in Ridgefield, Connecticut. I'm socially isolating up here with my spouse and my dog. I have to point out that my dog has never been happier. She's getting 24-hour attention, whereas in normal times she might see a dog walker only once a day. At least some creature is upbeat about a plague.

That said, many people want to be upbeat about the plague, but they worry and wonder. [...])

From The Washington Post:

The death toll doesn’t mean we’re overreacting. It means shutdowns are helping.

("...The coming months will continue to be disruptive and intensive, but decisions must be based on data. Instead of arguing about past missteps or lamenting unrealistic alternatives, we should accept than an aggressive strategy is necessary and may be cost-effective. Then we can focus our energy on damage control — both for our health and our economic well-being.")

States rushing to reopen are likely making a deadly error, coronavirus models and experts warn

(“The only tool the governors have had so far is the clampdown because it deprives the fire of oxygen. The second you let that up, the fire comes roaring back,” said Konyndyk, who oversaw the U.S. government’s Ebola response in West Africa. “But until you have water or sand, that’s all you can do. And it remains to be seen whether we as a country are going to figure out a way to get that bucket of water to start putting out the fire.”)

Sunlight’s ultraviolet wavelengths have strengths, limitations in disinfecting against the coronavirus

(a very interesting article, I didn't know about UV-C)

Young and middle-aged people, barely sick with covid-19, are dying from strokes