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Why do asymptomatic COVID-19 cases even happen?
SE Richards, National Geographic, July 22, 2020y
Health officials are concerned about why some people who test positive for the coronavirus never feel sick. Could it be the luck of genetics? The blessings of youth? Or something else?
Scientists caution against comparing immune responses shown in early-stage trials, and say there might be more than one path to an effective vaccine.
Comparative ACE2 variation and primate COVID-19 risk
AD Melin et al, BIORXIV, July 21, 2020
The Trans-omics Landscape of COVID-19
P Wu et al, MEDRXIV, July 22, 2020
The program will accelerate the development of, scale up of innovative point-of-care technologies as early as the fall of 2020. It will support the scale-up of somewhat more advanced technologies that can achieve immediate, substantial increases in capacity. It will establish community-engaged implementation projects to improve access underserved populations.
Covid-19 and Health Equity — Time to Think Big
SA Berkowitz et al, NEJM, July 22, 2020
he Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the magnitude of U.S. health inequities — which the World Health Organization defines as “avoidable, unfair, or remediable differences” in health. It has also highlighted structural racism — institutions, practices, and policies that differentially allocate opportunities so as to increase inequity among racial groups.

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