“Never fall in love with a hypothesis.” (We don’t care if we disprove our hypothesis, as long as the science is right and the results reproducible.) #COVID19 #faithinscience

A2: Physicians and health care systems play a role in informing their jurisdictions on what needs to be in place, based science and evidence, before they consider relaxing current #COVID19 public health interventions like social distancing. #SuppressCOVID

spare a thought for Alex Jones' neighbors, whom he has threatened to eat

We screen for #COVID__19 by asking about fever and cough. Now we know that it manifests in other ways or sometimes proceeds with no symptoms at all. One patient came reporting diarrhoea and weakness but hadn’t experienced fevers or respiratory symptoms. newyorker.com/science/medica…

No point in merely singing paeans to Freedom of Press if one cannot go to its rescue when threatened: Madras High Court [Read Judgment] barandbench.com/news/litigatio…

A study from HKU Medicine in Gastroenterology found traces of #SARSCoV2 in stool samples from 9 of the 59 studied #COVID19 patients in #HongKong, suggesting that the virus may be able to spread via the ‘fecal-oral route’. (1/5)

Cyclonic Storm ‘AMPHAN’ lay over South-East BOB today, the 16th may evening. To intensify into very severe cyclonic storm by 18th morning.

Inside KEM hospital the doctors and nurses are working with almost super human strength to provide the poorest in the city with treatment. But they need help Story out today at 2pm.

The true cost of herd immunity. ms.spr.ly/6010TipTA via Bill Hanage @BillHanage.bsky.social.

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake occurred 6.84mi SW of Kakching, India. Details: eqbot.com/DtS Map: eqbot.com/DtQ

A study of 100,000 patients found that the rate of significant heart arrhythmias in COVID-19 patients quadrupled for those who were treated with hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine regimens huffp.st/eL38isN

Preliminary data analysis of the Adaptive #COVID19 Treatment Trial showed that #remdesivir aided recovery faster than placebo. ms.spr.ly/6017TiyVx

COVID IMPACT ON POLICE / CAPF - as on 26th May 2020 4121 police/CAPF personnel tested positive, 38 have lost their lives, while saving lives of citizens and shielding the nation from Covid-19. For more details, please visit the IPF Covid-19 Dashboard at policefoundationindia.org/covid-19-resou…

Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without azithromycin - No benefit, but increased morbidity/mortality - findings of multinational registry analysis . thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Sobering read: The World Is Still Far From #HerdImmunity for Coronavirus nytimes.com/interactive/20… NYT Health Anna Joyce

A Randomized Trial of Hydroxychloroquine as Postexposure Prophylaxis for Covid-19 | NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

I don't know who needs to hear this, but please stay home. Govt has eased curbs to avoid going broke, not because we've scaled Corona's peak. We are still very much in the middle of a Pandemic, and acc to many experts, still far from the peak. So temples can wait, as can malls.

Racism in medicine: This issue was a fascinating read the first time around. Timely to revisit. Racism diminishes all of us. ⁦The BMJ⁩ bmj.com/racism-in-medi…

"Probiotics don't do much for most people's gut health despite the hype, review finds" cnn.com/2020/06/09/hea… by Katie Hunt via @cnn cc Turvey lab Review by Purna Kashyap M.B.B.S., AGAF @WeizmanMD American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) et al. SO much hype. Little evidence. Bottom line: Ignore.