Category ISRC discussions

Since its inception, the ISRC group has been having intense discussions on many topics. We give pointers to a few of the external resources, links, analysis etc that have emerged from these discussions.

The race for coronavirus vaccines: a graphical guide

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01221-y

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01221-y

Documents regarding classification of death due to COVID-19

The WHO guidelines: “This document describes certification and classification (coding) of deaths related to COVID-19. The primary goal is to identify all deaths due to COVID-19.”  https://www.who.int/classifications/icd/Guidelines_Cause_of_Death_COVID-19.pdf The CDC (USA) guidelines: “The purpose of this report is to provide guidance… Continue Reading →

Mental Health Resources from Carter Center

This is a compilation of resources on mental health-related issues:  Links with description: Mental Health and COVID-19 Resources from The Carter Center. To aid people and communities during the pandemic, the Carter Center’s Mental Health Program has compiled global, national,… Continue Reading →

Publons

This resource is a compendium of the relevant literature on COVID- 19 https://publons.com/publon/covid-19/?order_by=date

This resource is a compendium of the relevant literature on COVID- 19 https://publons.com/publon/covid-19/?order_by=date

COVID-19 response lessons, comparing France and Germany

This article raises the question: "Why France has 4 times as many coronavirus deaths as Germany" and tries to answer it with graphs.

https://www.vox.com/2020/4/17/21223915/coronavirus-germany-france-cases-death-rate

This article raises the question: “Why France has 4 times as many coronavirus deaths as Germany” and tries to answer it with graphs. https://www.vox.com/2020/4/17/21223915/coronavirus-germany-france-cases-death-rate

COVID-19 by numbers

For all of us who love numbers. Very informative article and FAQs from Weizmann and Caltech groups.

Click on title for more or go to https://bit.ly/2WOeN64

Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2: The world should face the reality

Manuscript link:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016041202031254X?via%3Dihub

A research paper discussing the possibility of airborne transmission of SARS-Cov2.

‘Feluda’ to detect COVID-19

Scientists at CSIR-IGIB (Delhi) have developed a paper-based test strip for Covid-19, and named it after the fictional detective, Feluda, created by Satyajit Ray.

Link: https://theprint.in/science/satyajit-rays-feluda-will-soon-detect-coronavirus-in-minutes-thanks-to-csir-scientists/404057/

Click on title to see a brief excerpt and summary.

Decontamination and Reuse of N95 Masks (In COVID-19 Crisis)

N95DECON is a volunteer collective of scientists, engineers, clinicians, and students from universities across the US (University of California, San Francisco; University of California, Berkeley; University of Chicago; Harvard University; Stanford University; Georgetown University; Seattle University; University of Utah; Massachusetts… Continue Reading →

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