Neil Kao, M.D.

This is a list of interesting articles I have read on the internet, from a variety of sources, that help you see the larger, important facts and issues concerning COVID-19. There is a lot noise, controversy and fatigue about COVID-19. This list will be updated as I encounter relevant articles.

210301 COVID trajectory changing https://news.yahoo.com/after-trumps-rosy-covid-promises-biden-walks-a-line-of-pessimistic-optimism-205345233.html
210301 Trump secretly vaccinated, largest hesitancy group are republicans https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-got-covid-vaccine-january-1135185/
2012 Moderna vaccine study https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2035389
210301 California variant is more contagious possibly more deadly https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/know-california-covid-19-variant-225654301.html
210302 SC moves to Phase 1b 3/8/21 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/next-up-south-carolina-moves-to-next-group-for-covid-19-vaccine-distribution/ar-BB1e9UJg?ocid=msedgntp
210303 asthma does not raise severe covid risk https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL2N2L12U5
210304 Italy blocks exports of Australia’s AZ vaccine https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/italy-blocks-astra-vaccine-export-risking-backlash-against-eu
210304 new variant in UK https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-britain-variant/english-health-officials-say-16-cases-of-new-covid-variant-discovered-idUSL2N2L22SK
210304 WHO strongly recommends against COVID https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/946888?src=mkm_covid_update_210305_MSCPEDIT&uac=34555BY&impID=3231392&faf=1
210305 ivermectin does not help mild cases https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2777389?guestAccessKey=ab31cadb-b516-469a-be55-bbbf6b2c7b11&utm_source=silverchair&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_alert-jama&utm_content=olf&utm_term=030421
210305 colchicine arm in RECOVERY trial stopped https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/946978?src=mkm_covid_update_210305_MSCPEDIT&uac=34555BY&impID=3231392&faf=1
210305 Brazilian variant reinfect survivors https://news.yahoo.com/brazil-variant-reinfect-virus-survivors-210105030.html
210305 backlash against J&J’s COVID vaccine is real https://news.yahoo.com/backlash-against-johnson-johnsons-covid-162445023.html
210307 Osterholm concern over UK variant causing 4th US surge https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/top-disease-expert-says-us-in-the-eye-of-the-hurricane-as-covid-cases-decline-amid-growing-concern-over-spread-of-uk-variant/ar-BB1ekRRj?ocid=msedgntp
210307 7-day average of cases is up, 2 predictors: mask mandates and number of restaurants allowing on-premises dining https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/if-this-is-open-near-you-expect-covid-numbers-to-climb-cdc-warns/ss-BB1ekWiT?ocid=msedgntp
210307 Austria suspends AZ vaccine after 1 death https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-austria-nurse-idUSKBN2AZ0AO
210308 lab study Pfizer, Moderna less effective S. African variant https://www.businessinsider.com/south-africa-variant-vaccines-pfizer-moderna-covid-vaccine-study-mutation-2021-3
210308 Americans ignore physical distancing and go out https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/florida-frisco-americans-flock-movies-110711813.html
210308 CDC vaccinated no masks https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/947035?src=mkm_covid_update_210308_MSCPEDIT&uac=34555BY&impID=3236391&faf=1
210308 potential surge variant US https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210308/potential-covid-19-variant-surge-looms-over-us
210309 why do women have worse reactions to COVID vaccines than men? https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/parenting/women-have-worse-covid-19-vaccine-reactions-than-men-%E2%80%94-heres-why/ar-BB1epSCm
210310 Vir’s COVID antibody drug reduces risk of death https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-antibody-drug-effective-in-study-glaxosmithkline-and-vir-say-11615433671
210310 different mask mandates in counties in the same states produce different results https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/these-are-the-states-with-mask-mandates-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/ar-BB1bzz8X?ocid=msedgntp
210310 pollen level and COVID rates linked https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/covid-science-pollen-level-in-air-linked-to-covid-19-rates-robust-vaccine-responses-seen
210311 UK variant 40-70% more transmissible, 30-100% more deadly https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/947160?src=mkm_covid_update_210312_MSCPEDIT&uac=34555BY&impID=3245883&faf=1
210311 AZ vaccine suspended in several countries due to blood clot deaths https://ca.news.yahoo.com/astrazeneca-vaccine-suspended-european-countries-195431775.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANdJlIenmNQ4vjgbSoWXJdpKtUmNjbpVpR-0VXmVKYh1aViOh0yY2ZhE9NbbpfFlQ7VEUyuVsuCsusGDFQLzFB2YsgffpngLkdm3bl7nJgZMkHTM6cuNNxuxv0ctImLTj3gmoeR6nDu-Mug8m8qk2q0hMpXbIfXBP4dqxhBEag7L
210311 how 4 largest COVID vaccines not in US compare with those that are https://www.businessinsider.nl/how-the-4-biggest-covid-19-vaccines-not-available-in-the-us-compare-with-those-that-are/
210311 Europe’s third wave while vaccinations lag https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9350655/Europe-coronavirus-wave-begun-Germanys-virus-expert-says.html
210311 Moderna’s trial booster vaccine shot https://www.barrons.com/articles/moderna-stock-covid-19-booster-vaccine-trial-51615475988
210311 Pfizer’s real-world study ‘dramatically’ lowers cases, hospitalizations and deaths https://www.marketwatch.com/story/pfizer-biontech-real-world-study-shows-covid-19-vaccine-dramatically-lowers-cases-hospitalizations-and-deaths-2021-03-11
210313 proof vaccines are working in US https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/here-s-proof-the-coronavirus-vaccines-are-working/ar-BB1ey6l3?ocid=msedgntp
210313 America could be swimming in vaccine soon https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/03/09/covid-19-vaccine-us-surplus-april-coronavirus/4595458001/
210313 ‘COVID is taking over’ Brazil’s deadliest epidemic https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/13/brazil-covid-coronavirus-deaths-cases-bolsonaro-lula
210313 Oxford vaccine delivery hold-up disrupts EU bid to stop third wave https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/13/sick-man-europe-record-virus-surge-hungary-despite-deals-russia/
210314 1 dozen EU countries stop AZ vaccine https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/astrazeneca-s-eu-vaccine-woes-deepens-on-clots-nationalism/ar-BB1eyIZ6?ocid=msedgntp
210314 Too many people coming to FL https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/florida-mayor-says-too-many-114223134.html
210314 Pfizer says vaccine cuts down on asymptomatic transmission https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/pfizer-vaccine-shots-actually-stop-asymptomatic-transmission-too/ar-BB1ezQpG?ocid=msedgntp