Political appointees move to silence @CDCMMWR reports, the weekly lifeline from a barely functioning institution and the cornerstone of public health reporting in the US
Selection of reports that have been essential to understanding the US epidemic 👇🏻
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March 20 — cruise ship investigation with early hint about crucial importance of indoor dining for transmission
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March 20 — investigation in Singapore demonstrates that aggressive test, trace, isolate can be effective if community prevalence is low
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March 27 — nursing home investigation in Washington identifies important vulnerabilities in these facilities and highlights devastating consequences of transmission
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April 3 — symptom based screening will be insufficient to prevent nursing home outbreaks
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April 10 — importance of sentinel surveillance in identifying community transmission
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April 8 — superspreading events at family gatherings
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May 1 — 2 reports showing homeless shelters as important focus of transmission requiring special attention
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May 8 — Black patients overrepresented among those hospitalized with covid19
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May 8 — investigation of meat and poultry plants showing 5000 infections and 20 deaths
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May 15 — investigation into the now famous Skagit choir superspreading event
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May 15 — analysis of excess deaths in NYC show 5000+ additional deaths related to covid in addition to the ~19000 known to be covid-related
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May 15 and 22 — worrisome early impact of the epidemic on childhood vaccinations
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May 15 — early and large report of massive burden of disease in prisons
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May 22 — importance of places of worship as sites of superspreading events
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June 12 — widespread public support for social mitigation strategies
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June 26 — first study in pregnant women to use an appropriate control group, identifying this population as at risk for severe disease
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June 26 — decreased use of emergency departments for life threatening illnesses during the pandemic
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July 17 — 0 infections from 139 exposures to symptomatic hair stylists with covid19. Circumstantial evidence supporting the crucial role of universal masking
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July 24 — some of the first well-designed randomly sampled serosurveys in the US demonstrate low overall prevalence of infection (but much higher than identified cases)
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July 31 — high proportion of people experiencing symptoms for at least 2-3 weeks
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August 7 — superspreading event at Georgia sleepover camp. This can happen with kids if precautions aren’t take.
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August 14 — early report characterizing multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) in the US
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August 28 — successful strategies preventing transmission in child care programs in Rhode Island. Important case study.
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September 4 — Strategies used for successful summer camps in Maine without major transmission events. Important case study.
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September 11 — importance of various community exposures as risk factors for acquiring infection (restaurants being the big one)
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September 11 — cluster investigation showing superspreading events starting at child care facilities and making its way into households
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