COVID-19 and Older Adults

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COVID-19 and Older Adults
CDC, April 2020 

Older adults and people who have severe underlying medical conditions like heart or lung disease or diabetes seem to be at higher risk for developing more serious complications from COVID-19 illness. There are things you can do to reduce your risk of getting sick.

UK Biobank: DNA to unlock coronavirus secrets
R Morelle, BBC News, April 14, 2020

UK Biobank makes infection and health data available to tackle COVID-19
UK Biobank, April 14, 2020

Results of COVID-19 tests for UK Biobank participants will be available for research. This will allow the study of the relevance of various genetic and non-genetic factors to severity and outcome to be assessed in different age groups and provide analysis of the prevalence, course and death rate, as well as impact of different diseases and comorbidities.

How Do We Exit The Shutdown? Hire An Army Of Public Health Workers
AM Barry-Jester, KHN News, April 13, 2020

In N.Y.C., the Coronavirus Is Killing Men at Twice the Rate of Women- More men also are infected than women, and they are hospitalized more frequently, new data show. A similar pattern was seen in China.
RC Rabin, NY Times, April 2020

Antibody Points to Possible Weak Spot on Novel Coronavirus
F Collins, Director's blog, April 14, 2020 

Spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the Icelandic Population
DF. Gudbjartsson et al, NEJM, April 14, 2020

we used two strategies for SARS-CoV-2 testing— targeted testing of persons at high risk and population screening — which provided a gauge of success of measures implemented. We also sequenced the genomes of SARS-CoV-2 from samples obtained from some persons who had tested positive to establish virus origins and to determine how the virus has mutated as it has spread

Caution Warranted: Using the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Model for Predicting the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic
NP Jewell et al, Ann Int Med, April 14, 2020

Coronavirus Tests Science’s Need for Speed Limits- Preprint servers and peer-reviewed journals are seeing surging audiences, with many new readers not well versed in the limitations of the latest research findings
W Yan, NY Times, April 14, 2020