Tuesday, May 05, 2020

COVID-19: The CIDRAP Viewpoin; The Future Lessons Learned

Consumer Reports – People Concerned About COVID-19 Are Using Pulse Oximeters to Measure Oxygen Levels. These Are the Pros and Cons. From stand-alone products to apps and fitness trackers, here’s what to know about these devices and how to use them

University of Minnesota: COVID-19: The CIDRAP Viewpoint Part 1:The future of the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned from pandemic influenza” (Apr 30, 2020) “Welcome to “COVID-19: The CIDRAP Viewpoint.” We appreciate that other expert groups have produced detailed plans for mitigating SARS-CoV-2 transmission and for reopening the country after stay-at-home orders and other important mitigation steps are eased. Our intent with the Viewpoint is to add key information and address issues that haven’t garnered the attention they deserve and reflect the unique experience and expertise among the CIDRAP team and our expert consultants. We will address timely issues with straight talk and clarity. And the steps we will recommend will be based on our current reality and the best available data. Our goal is to help planners envision some of the situations that might present themselves later this year or next year so that they can take key steps now, while there’s still time. “COVID-19: The CIDRAP Viewpoint” will address such topics as pandemic scenarios going forward, crisis communication, testing, contact tracing, surveillance, supply chains, and epidemiology issues and key areas for research. We will release approximately one to two reports per week…”


Norfolk police seek person dressing as plague doctor RTÉ




How to Trace Emails Back to Their Source IP Address

MakeUseOf – “The first thing you do when you hear that email notification is check the sender, right? It is the quickest way to figure out who the email is from, as well as the likely content. But did you know each email comes with a lot more information than what appears in most email clients? There’s a host of information about the sender included in the email header—information you can use to trace the email back to the source. Here’s how to trace that email back to where it came  from, and why you might want to…”


THE EVIDENCE THAT THERE WAS COMMUNITY SPREAD MUCH EARLIER THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IS STARTING TO LOOK QUITE STRONG: After Retesting Samples, French Hospital Discovers COVID-19 Case From December. “He was amazed, he didn’t understand how he had been infected. We put the puzzle together and he had not made any trips. The only contact that he had was with his wife.”

UPDATE: Earlier coronavirus cases confirmed in Nevada after 13 investigation.