Study finds treatment reduces the risk of contracting COVID-19 by nearly 75-percent

That treatment is pretty simple: Wear a mask. In the paper, “The role of community-wide wearing of face mask for control of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic due to SARS-CoV-2” authors looked at a small…

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5/12/19 COVID Update: A quick update with numbers amidst re-opening

A quick personal note. I apologize for not posting more updates. After a month of twice-daily COVID updates, then a month of back-to-back-to-back-to-back severe weather my brain (and heart) needed a break from death and…

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4/16/20 Coronavirus Update: New numbers, talking may produce virus-infected droplets, your shoes probably won’t infect you, and other info

As always, a reminder that I am not a doctor, nor am I a medical profesional. I do mathematics and statistics for a living. These posts are an attempt to give a plain-English update to…

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4/13/20 PM COVID19 Update: New numbers, grocery shopping tips, new info for pregnant women and more

Now that the severe weather has ended, I wanted to get back to updating everyone on the Coronavirus. During the past few days – since my last update – the numbers have climbed quite a…

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