- Oct 2023
-
environmentalhistory.org environmentalhistory.org
-
Kovarik, William. “Ethyl-Leaded Gasoline: How a Classic Occupational Disease Became an International Public Health Disaster.” International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 11, no. 4 (2005): 384–97. https://doi.org/10.1179/oeh.2005.11.4.384.
Samizdat version: https://environmentalhistory.org/about/ethyl-leaded-gasoline/
-
- Apr 2022
-
-
Mehta, N., Rezaei, S., Puthillam, A., & Kapoor, H. (2022). Impact of Partisanship on Mobility in India during COVID-19. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/p2jk6
-
- Mar 2022
-
psyarxiv.com psyarxiv.com
-
Charles, S. J., Martin, J. A., Runicles, A., Chi, Z., Robertson, K., Barker, E. D., … Tye, C. (2022, February 1). Rare neurogenetic conditions and mental health of families during COVID-19. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/teb7u
-
- Dec 2021
-
twitter.com twitter.com
-
shinydoc. (2021, December 12). I love how I, an actual GP...who was involved in the initial covid vaccination programme ...has to tune in at 8pm with the public to find out that apparently we are vaccinating the entire adult population with boosters by the end of the year [Tweet]. @irishayesha. https://twitter.com/irishayesha/status/1470123478221303810
-
- Sep 2020
-
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk
-
Take away: People are infectious for only part of the time they test positive. The tests for COVID-19 were granted emergency status by the FDA so some debate concerning the most ideal number of cycles is to be expected. It is worth noting that the FDA has the disclaimer "Negative results do not preclude 2019-nCoV infection and should not be used as the sole basis for treatment or other patient management decisions. Negative results must be combined with clinical observations, patient history, and epidemiological information (2)."
The claim: Up to 90 percent of people diagnosed with coronavirus may not be carrying enough of it to infect anyone else
The evidence: Per Walsh et al. (1), SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) is most likely infectious if the number of PCR cycles is <24 and the symptom onset to test is <8 days. RT-PCR detects the RNA, not the infectious virus. Therefore, setting the cycle threshold at 37-40 cycles will most likely result in detecting some samples with virus which is not infectious. As the PCR tests were granted emergency use by the FDA (samples include 2-9), it is not surprising that some debate exists currently about where the cycle threshold should be. Thresholds need to be set and validated for dozens of PCR tests currently in use. If identifying only infectious individuals is the goal, a lower cycle number may be justified. If detection of as many cases as possible to get closer to the most accurate death rate is the goal, setting the cycle threshold at 37-40 makes sense. A lower threshold will result in fewer COVID-19 positive samples being identified. It is worth noting that the emergency use approval granted by the FDA includes the disclaimer that a negative test does not guarantee that a person is not infected with COVID-19. RNA degrades easily. If samples are not kept cold or properly processed, the virus can degrade and result in a false negative result.
Source: 1 https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa638/5842165
2 https://www.fda.gov/media/134922/download
3 https://www.fda.gov/media/138150/download
4 https://www.fda.gov/media/137120/download
5 https://www.fda.gov/media/136231/download
6 https://www.fda.gov/media/136472/download
7 https://www.fda.gov/media/139279/download
-
-
psyarxiv.com psyarxiv.com
-
Lee, Hyeon-seung, Derek Dean, Tatiana Baxter, Taylor Griffith, and Sohee Park. ‘Deterioration of Mental Health despite Successful Control of the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Korea’. Preprint. PsyArXiv, 30 August 2020. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/s7qj8.
Tags
- physical health
- COVID-19
- lang:en
- stress
- females
- anxiety
- psychological outcome
- public health
- is:preprint
- social factors
- demographic
- social distancing
- crisis
- social network
- nationwide lockdown
- depression
- general population
- psychosis-risk
- South Korea
- loneliness
- mental health
- behavioural science
Annotators
URL
-
- Aug 2020
-
psyarxiv.com psyarxiv.com
-
Daas, Chantal den, Gill Hubbard, Marie Johnston, and Diane Dixon. ‘Protocol CHARIS Study’. Preprint. PsyArXiv, 19 August 2020. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/jnxcu.
Tags
- COVID-19
- lang:en
- population health
- behaviourally-informed intervention
- transmission reducing behaviours
- public health
- governments
- random digit dialing
- decision-makers
- is:preprint
- physical distancing
- event-related changes
- face coverings
- absence of vaccine
- Scotland
- hand washing
- TRBs
- telephone surveys
- protocol CHARIS
- CHARIS
- general health
- variations in adherence
- mental health
- behavioural change
Annotators
URL
-
-
-
Mulligan, C. B. (2020). Economic Activity and the Value of Medical Innovation during a Pandemic (Working Paper No. 27060; Working Paper Series). National Bureau of Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.3386/w27060
-
- Jul 2020
-
psyarxiv.com psyarxiv.com
-
Plomecka, M., Gobbi, S., Neckels, R., Radziński, P., Skórko, B., Lazzeri, S., … Jawaid, A. (2020, May 5). Mental Health Impact of COVID-19: A global study of risk and resilience factors. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/zj6b4
-
-
psyarxiv.com psyarxiv.com
-
Wise, Toby, Giorgia Michelini, Tomislav Damir Zbozinek, Cindy C. Hagan, and Dean Mobbs. ‘Development and Validation of the Avoidance of Respiratory Viral Infection Scale (ARVIS)’, 17 July 2020. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dkc7m.
Tags
- fear
- general trait anxiety
- fearful
- psychology
- ARVIS
- evaluate
- daily behaviour
- contagion
- psychometric properties
- avoidance
- state anxiety
- questionnaire
- reliability
- validity
- Avoidance of Respiratory Viral Infection Scale
- social distancing
- depression
- measures
- handwashing
- mental health
Annotators
URL
-
- May 2020
-
psyarxiv.com psyarxiv.com
-
Gobbi, S., Plomecka, M., Ashraf, Z., Radziński, P., Neckels, R., Lazzeri, S., Dedić, A., Bakalović, A., Hrustić, L., Skórko, B., Es haghi, S., Almazidou, K., Rodríguez-Pino, L., Alp, A. B., Jabeen, H., Waller, V., Shibli, D., AghiliBehnam, M., Strutt, A. M., … Jawaid, A. (2020). Worsening of pre-existing psychiatric conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/x6cyg
-
-
psyarxiv.com psyarxiv.com
-
Shevlin, M., McBride, O., Murphy, J., Gibson Miller, J., Hartman, T. K., Levita, L., … Bentall, R. (2020, April 18). Anxiety, Depression, Traumatic Stress, and COVID-19 Related Anxiety in the UK General Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/hb6nq
-
- Apr 2020
-
psyarxiv.com psyarxiv.com
-
Cavojova, V., Šrol, J., & Mikušková, E. B. (2020, April 15). Scientific reasoning as a predictor of health-related beliefs and behaviors in the time of COVID-19. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/tfy5q
-
-
psyarxiv.com psyarxiv.com
-
Olapegba, P. O., Ayandele, O., Kolawole, S. O., Oguntayo, R., Gandi, J. C., Dangiwa, A. L., … Iorfa, S. K. (2020, April 12). COVID-19 Knowledge and Perceptions in Nigeria. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/j356x
Tags
- Nigeria
- COVID-19
- infection
- knowledge
- lang:en
- transmission
- behavior
- data collection
- descriptive statistics
- misconception
- China
- media
- misinformation
- precaution
- prevention
- public health
- is:preprint
- questionnaire
- general public
- news
- health information
- symptom
- perception
- lockdown
- information
Annotators
URL
-