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Public Health Measures and the Reproduction Number of SARS-CoV-2
TV Ingelsby, JAMA, May 2, 2020

Substantial undocumented infection facilitates the rapid dissemination of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)
R Li et al, Science May 1, 2020

Because of their greater numbers, undocumented infections were the source for ~80% of the documented cases. Immediately after travel restrictions were imposed, ~65% of cases were documented. These findings help to explain the lightning-fast spread of this virus around the world.

The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China
MUG Kraemer et al, Science, May 1, 2020

Mobility statistics offered a precise record of spread of SARS-CoV-2 at the start of 2020. The frequency of introductions from Wuhan were predictive of the size of the epidemic n other provinces. Once the virus had escaped Wuhan, strict local control measures such as social isolation, rather than travel restrictions, played the largest part in controlling spread.

An ACE therapy for COVID-19
CB Rodell, Science Trans Med, Mat 1, 2020

Public Health Response to the Initiation and Spread of Pandemic COVID-19 in the United States, February 24–April 21, 2020
A Schuchat et al, MMWR, May 1, 2020

Various factors contributed to accelerated spread during February–March 2020, including continued travel-associated importations, large gatherings, introductions into high-risk workplaces and densely populated areas, and cryptic transmission resulting from limited testing and asymptomatic and presymptomatic spread.

Race, Socioeconomic Deprivation, and Hospitalization for COVID-19 in English participants of a National Biobank
AP Patel, et al, MEDRXIV, May 2, 2020

Individual variation in susceptibility or exposure to SARS-CoV-2 lowers the herd immunity threshold
MGM Gomes et al, MEDRXIV, May 2, 2020

Development and validation of an automated radiomic CT signature for detecting COVID-19
J Guiot et al, MEDRXIV, May 2, 2020

Curbing the AI-induced enthusiasm in diagnosing COVID-19 on chest X-Rays: the present and the near-future
A Burlaccu et al, MEDRXIV, May 2, 2020