Commentary

A cool, grey weekend day in Minnesota, perfect for reading a few research summaries.

More illustrations regarding cycle number, culture results and real cases of infectiousness.

This chart helps understand the relative risk of coronavirus deaths and other deaths for various age groups.

As we never tire of pointing out, for the general population the risk of death from CV-19 is incredibly low.

On and on we go with research summaries.

France is an interesting example of futile mask mandates and case surges without accompanying deaths.

Another piece of research demonstrates the substantial damage inflicted upon children and society by fake “virtual” schooling.

A chart showing the relationship of PCR test cycle number and positive culture of virus viability

Another big dump of research summaries, some related to children, transmission and masks.

More interesting research summaries.

New CDC data on a large volume of CV-19 cases gives a good picture of the epidemic’s course.

Attitudes toward lockdowns and other restrictions are shifting.

We would all like to know what may happen next in this epidemic. A few papers bear on the issue.

Asymptomatic transmission is very infrequent, according to a meta-review of studies on the topic.

A couple of graphs, one that helps identify real deaths from coronavirus, and one that shows the similarity of the Swedish experience with US cities.