Team work to help Wyoming with COVID-19 response

There are likely opportunities in Wyoming to help with interpretation of model products and preprints on the epidemiology of COVID-19, and to walk people through particular analyses. Additionally, there is some possibility of needing to wrangle some state data on health care infrastructure. @Alex Buerkle is looking into ways in which we might be able to help, with some faculty with direct expertise, and possibly with some of our collective ability to read and review sources of scientific information, and wrangle and analyze any relevant local data. I thought I’d drop this note here to say I’m looking into this and let anyone who is interested respond and we can brainstorm.

I hope you are all doing well and taking care of yourselves and your families.

Resources and things to consider

• Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID- 19 mortality and healthcare demand

• Feasibility of controlling COVID-19 outbreaks by isolation of cases and contacts

• Set of COVID-19 Epidemiology links at the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy

• Quantifying dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 transmission suggests that epidemic control and avoidance is feasible through instantaneous digital contact tracing

• A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data (read the comments)

• Before Virus Outbreak, a Cascade of Warnings Went Unheeded

• Substantial undocumented infection facilitates the rapid dissemination of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV2)

• Serial Interval of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infections

• Coronavirus cases have dropped sharply in South Korea. What’s the secret to its success?

• Potential Biases in Estimating Absolute and Relative Case-Fatality Risks during Outbreaks

• Estimating clinical severity of COVID-19 from the transmission dynamics in Wuhan, China

• Coronavirus: The Hammer and the Dance