DR. ALEX BIENER, MD

Here are some good, quick videos summarizing COVID-19

• Excellent summary of COVID-19 situation as of 3/5/2020 by local physician Dr. Michal Tracz

• Websites mentioned in Dr. Tracz’s 3/5/10 video:

  • Interactive COVID-19 Map by Johns Hopkins University
  • World Health Organization (WHO) - COVID-19 Situation Reports
  • Worldometers - Live COVID-19 Data Tracking
  • BNO News - Tracking Coronavirus: Map, Data, and Timeline
• Quick but excellent update as of 3/15/2020 by local physician Dr. Michal Tracz
• Another quick but excellent update as of 4/1/2020 by local physician Dr. Michal Tracz

Series of YouTube videos by Ninja Nerd Science or: how to have fun yet understand the novel coronavirus

• COVID-19 | Coronavirus: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnostics (3/16/2020)
• COVID-19 | Coronavirus: Treatment, Prognosis, Precautions (3/18/2020)
• COVID-19 | Coronavirus: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology | APRIL UPDATE (4/20/2020)
• COVID-19 | Coronavirus: How is Coronavirus Diagnosed | APRIL UPDATE (4/21/2020)

A fun and informative comic about COVID-19 modeling from FiveThirtyEight

• A Comic Strip Tour Of The Wild World Of Pandemic Modeling

TED talk about COVID-19

• YouTube - TEDx - Coronavirus Is Our Future (3/11/2020) - Alanna Shaikh on a public health perspective and handwashing - Note: The CDC now recommends always wearing a mask in public

News articles

• New York Times - What Is ‘Covid Toe’? Maybe a Strange Sign of Coronavirus Infection (5/1/2020)
• Jerusalem Post - Israeli doctor in Italy: No. of patients rises but we get to everyone (3/29/2020)
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - CMS Announces Findings at Kirkland Nursing Home and New Targeted Plan for Healthcare Facility Inspections in light of COVID-19 (3/23/2020)
• NorthJersey.com - NJ coronavirus: Doctors prep for the worst, fear public health crisis (3/21/2020)
• New York Times - Watch How the Coronavirus Spread Across the United States (interactive map) (3/21/2020)
• New York Times - Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today (3/19/2020)
• New York Times - ‘At War With No Ammo’: Doctors Say Shortage of Protective Gear Is Dire (3/19/2020)
• Bloomberg - Trump Touts Drug That FDA Says Isn’t Yet Approved for Virus (3/19/2020)
• New York Times - Opinion: The Epic Failure of Coronavirus Testing in America (3/19/2020)
• Reuters - Special Report: How Korea trounced U.S. in race to test people for coronavirus (3/18/2020)
• Washington Post - Perspective: I ran the White House pandemic office. Trump closed it. (3/13/2020)
• New York Times - How Prepared Is the U.S. for a Coronavirus Outbreak? (2/29/2020)

Podcasts

• Wall Street Journal Podcasts - The Looming Crisis for U.S. Hospitals (3/19/2020)

Browse safely!

One of the aims of this webpage is to suggest safe sites for browsing for coronavirus/COVID-19 information because there has been a proliferation of computer viruses and other malware attached to legitimate-looking websites. For instance, see the reference below discussing malware on websites mimicking real Johns Hopkins COVID-19 maps:

• Live Coronavirus Map Used to Spread Malware