COVID continues to be the most interesting illness in my 41 years at the bedside delivering patient care. I am a board certified internist with additional training in infection control and hospital epidemiology and I have never seen anything like COVID. Every day we learn something new. Here are few recent articles I think you will find interesting.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00484-6/fulltext
This fascinating study published in The Lancet suggests as many 20 million lives were saved because of COVID vaccines.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01613-2
This interesting article discusses the emergence of variants from the pool of infected people, mostly unvaccinated, who serve as the host reservoir within which the virus is perpetuated and replicated.
https://www.idsociety.org/practice-guideline/covid-19-guideline-treatment-and-management/#toc-13
Here are the latest updated guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Katelyn Jetelina is an epidemiologist who does absolutely outstanding analyses. This one explains what is happening with the latest variants.
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6945399483253878784?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=member_desktop_web
Another great source of information is Unbiased Science.
https://data.unicef.org/resources/covid-19-confirmed-cases-and-deaths-dashboard/
For decades, UNICEF has been a major driver of improved health. In this article they quantify the global death toll in children from COVID. Iver 17,000 dead half in children under age 6.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2118946
This excellent study reinforced what we have known for the past year, vaccinating the previously infected boosts immunity and confers the greatest protection.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2792604?guestAccessKey=e35a5055-f2b2-41a1-a039-ba655b601a1b&utm_source=linkedin_company&utm_medium=social_jama&utm_term=7015535378&utm_campaign=article_alert&linkId=166468799
This study confirms what we at the bedside see. The risk of myocarditis and pericarditis is higher with COVID than with the vaccine.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00791-7/fulltext
Another recent study from The Lancet confirms the JAMA findings.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221009887
Here is an important retraction about Ivermectin.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-compare-covid-deaths-for-vaccinated-and-unvaccinated-people/
Scientific American cuts through the confusion and clears the air abiut COVID death rates.
https://www.idsociety.org/multimedia/podcasts/the-latest-on-covid-19-vaccine-boosters/
And finally, the latest on COVID boosters.
There you have it for tonight, a potpourri of interesting, high quality data from the recent literature. I know for some readers these articles will cause confusion and cognitive dissonace because this is not what you have been led to believe. I invite you to consilder the quality of the source data and where it was published. If you want good information, you have to know what sources are reliable and provide quality research. I only share the highest quality objective evidence from the most respected medical journals.