- Overview of current infection cases: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
- Description of SARS-CoV-2 PCR test by WHO: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/real-time-rt-pcr-assays-for-the-detection-of-sars-cov-2-institut-pasteur-paris.pdf?sfvrsn=3662fcb6_2
- Overview of SARS-CoV-2 Testkits: https://www.finddx.org/covid-19/sarscov2-eval-molecular/molecular-eval-results/
- Asymptomatic/symptomatic rate of polio (comparable to SARS-CoV-2?): https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/polio.html
- Were there lockdowns with Polio? https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Much-like-COVID-19-polio-shut-down-schools-15258518.php
- Study with hamsters about the effectiveness of masks: https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa644/5848814
- Study on self-made masks: https://www.mpic.de/4670174/filtermasken_zusammenfassung.pdf
- Meta-study (172 studies) on effectiveness of masks: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31142-9/fulltext
- Asymptomatic transmission: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32488493/
- Sentinel-hospitals show continuous hospitalizations throughout the summer (page 6, around 3% of respiratory diseases). While Sentinel doctor offices send around 300 samples per week to the RKI, SARS-CoV-2 test centers process up to 1mio samples. https://influenza.rki.de/Wochenberichte/2019_2020/2020-32.pdf
- Reaction of university Kiel to Bhakdi’s book “Corona Fehlalarm?” https://www.uni-kiel.de/de/detailansicht/news/corona-stellungnahmen-fehlalarm#
- Overview of new SARS-CoV-2 papers: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=sars-cov-2
- Projects of the German RKI to monitor infections: https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/N/Neuartiges_Coronavirus/Projekte_RKI/Projekte.html
- The RKI compiles influenza genome data to provide it to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and WHO for vaccine development: https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/Infekt/NRZ/Influenza/influenza_node.html
- PCR test of 13994 samples with zero false positives, testing two genes and retesting positives: https://www.aerzteblatt.de/archiv/214890/PCR-Tests-auf-SARS-CoV-2-Hohe-Sensitivitaet
- Interlaboratory surveys from April: https://www.instand-ev.de/System/rv-files/340%20DE%20SARS-CoV-2%20Genom%20April%202020%2020200502j.pdf
- Quantifying the impact of the “lockdown” in Germany: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/369/6500/eabb9789
- Estimating the effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 in Europe: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2405-7
- The effect of large-scale anti-contagion policies on the COVID-19 pandemic: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2404-8
- Second wave after lockdown measures were removed in California: https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/kalifornien-coronavirus-101.html
- Possible reason why we see an increase of Rhinovirus infections: Virus–virus interactions impact the population dynamics of influenza and the common cold: https://www.pnas.org/content/116/52/27142
- Monthly RKI report showing increased Rhinovirus activity because of early end of influenza wave due to lockdown: https://influenza.rki.de/Wochenberichte/2019_2020/2020-32.pdf
- Influenza vaccine effectiveness: https://www.rki.de/SharedDocs/FAQ/Impfen/Influenza/FAQ18.html
- COVID-19 is more dangerous than influenza: https://www.pharmazeutische-zeitung.de/covid-19-ist-gefaehrlicher-als-grippe-119920/
- Overview of SARS-CoV-2 strains: https://nextstrain.org/sars-cov-2/
- Higher lethality and more severe progress of disease of COVID-19 compared to influenza: https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/Infekt/EpidBull/Archiv/2020/Ausgaben/41_20.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
- 86% of deaths are directly caused by COVID-19, people loose 10 years of lifetime on average: https://www.cicero.de/innenpolitik/pathologenverband-Klaus-Pueschel-Todesursache-Corona
- Excess deaths in the US: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm
- Closed environments facilitate secondary transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.28.20029272v2
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