COVID-19: Intro & the Basics | Scientific Research Explained in Simple Terms, Part 1

Описание: COVID-19: Intro & the Basics introduces basic epidemiology concepts such as attack and fatality rates, prevalence, and reproductive numbers – plus the difference between SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. This lay the groundwork for our future videos, exploring the latest scientific evidence about COVID. We also cover what this video series is and isn't.

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CONTENTS
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0:00 Why am I making this video?
0:46 Why now?
1:27 What this video isn't
1:57 Why trust me?
2:54 Data
3:37 Epidemiology defined
4:03 Attack rates
4:24 Prevalence
4:45 Case fatality rates
4:57 Infection fatality rates
5:17 Reproductive numbers
6:39 Nomenclature - Coronavirus vs COVID

REFERENCES
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Murk W, Gierada M, Fralick M et al. Diagnosis-wide analysis of COVID-19 complications: an exposure-crossover study. CMAJ. 2021;193:E10-E18. doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.201686

Ng TC et al. Spatially Adjusted Time-varying Reproductive Numbers: Understanding the Geographical Expansion of Urban Dengue Outbreaks. Sci Rep. 2019;9:19172. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55574-0

Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice, Third Edition: An Introduction to Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics: https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss197...

Subramanian R, He Q, Pascual M. Quantifying asymptomatic infection and transmission of COVID-19 in New York City using observed cases, serology, and testing capacity. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2021;118. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2019716118