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Jeffrey Morris, PhD, commented on dire trends in Houston, based on analysis from our collaborative model with CHOP Policy Lab. Earlier, he had described ominous predictions on ABC Houston, saying the the area could be looking at a 10-fold increase.
For COVID-19 safety, we need to keep pursuing targeted mitigation strategies, commented Jeffrey Morris, PhD.
The pandemic presents an opportunity to rethink the way we do clinical research, write Stephen Kimmel, MD, MSCE, and collaborators.
M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS, comments on the safety of ride sharing services during the COVID-19 crisis.
Jordana Cohen, MD, MSCE, and co-investigator Julio Chirinos, MD, launched an international, multisite study to find out more about how ACE inhibitors and ARBS affect COVID-19. They are cautious about the drugs’ effects until they finish their research.
Peter Reese, MD, MSCE, and co-authors outline strategies to help save financially vulnerable safety-net hospitals that are on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic and at the risk of bankruptcy.
On Philadelphia local television, Michael Levy, PhD, elaborated on the difficulties of mixing data from COVID-19 genetic tests and antibody tests.
Health officials need good reporting to “understand the relationship between the epidemic that we can’t see, and the data that we can see,” commented Michael Levy, PhD.
Group Philadelphia school students into small, closed “pods” that meet outdoors as much as possible, recommend Michael Z. Levy, PhD, and Penn colleague Alison Buttenheim, PhD, MBA.
Jeffrey Morris, PhD, offered timely thoughts about Houston, as it relaxed its COVID-19 restrictions. “The way people choose to behave is what’s going to determine whether the surge happens or not.”
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