Welcome to the Oversimplification
Yes, this is just one of hundreds of sites with information on the raging coronavirus pandemic*. This is the COVID Oversimplified Project.
Short Take: COVID is leaving long term cardiac abnormalities.
In a recent exploratory study, 78% of COVID patients wound up with detectable heart issues.
Episode 15: Start Studying for Your Tests (Part 2)
COVID testing has come a long way – Let’s talk about training testers, self-swabbing, and the efficiencies of pooled testing.
Episode 15: Start Studying for Your Tests (Part 1)
COVID testing has come a long way – But results are far from perfect and results are taking so long they aren’t always helpful.
Episode 14: Dexamethasone (A New Hope?)
We have been led to believe in miracles. Why should we believe this is any different?
Episode 13: Lots of Updates
Let’s do a super quick wrap-up of some of the newest things we know about immunity, when people are the most contagious, and the quest for protecting the herd.
Episode 12: Struggles of Contact Tracing
Next to vaccination, this is really the only practical offense we have against infectious diseases. Most everything else is purely reactive and defensive.
Short Take: New Sagas of Retracted Hydroxychloroquine Studies and Asymptomatic Spread
We have seen a few earth-shattering headlines lately, but they don’t tell the real story and can be extremely damaging in how we react to the Coronavirus.
Episode 11: A Remarkable Flattening
America has accomplished something truly remarkable – We have Flattened The Curve. But with 100,000 already dead, what does that actually mean for us?
Short Take: CDC Guidance on Coronavirus Surface Transmission has NOT actually changed…
The CDC has NOT changed their guidance, recommendations, or science on surface transmissions. We are not out of the woods yet.
Episode 10: What’s up with the Masks?
Why do recommendations for masks keep changing? Does anyone actually know what will keep us safe? Yes.
Episode 9: The Magical Mirage of Miracles
[The Sagas of Hydroxychloroquin and Remdesivir] Today we are going to talk about the hopes and dreams of cures, and how we even make that determination with any hope of accuracy.
Episode 8: Viral Mutations
Mutating viruses are the terrifying domain of horror films and nightmares – if the Coronavirus is mutating into new strains, we are toast, right? Maybe. But probably not.
Episode 7: Vaccine Design, Testing, and Failure
Why are vaccines so hard to make? Because they are designed to mimic pathogens without causing the same inconvenient illness and death.
Episode 6: Dangers of Reopening Too Quickly
As society begins to reopen, how long will it take for us to know if our ongoing protective measures work, or don’t? Just as what happened to us during COVID’s initial sweep of across civilization, it has the ability to start spreading again weeks before we can even realize it. Extreme caution is advised.