Due to the novel coronavirus/SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 rapid infection rate, as well the viruses ability to create asymptomatic carriers, resulting in major societal disruptions and shutdowns have occurred throughout the world, but nowhere has this pandemic hit hardest than within the health care systems, hospitals and clinics. Due to the enormous surge of critical care, there is a massive demand and shortage
A very informative and detailed overview of the SARS-CoV-2 or novel Coronavirus from a Stanford Doctor, Michael Lin, as well as a bonus recipe at end for making hand sanitizer. Links referenced in Slides Slide 3: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/preliminary-in-season-estimates.htm Slide 4: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/covid19-days-surfaces-experiment-findings/story%3Fid=69569397 Slide 5: https://www.vox.com/2020/2/14/21135208/coronavirus-wuhan-china-covid-19-name-sars-cov-2 Slide 6: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31971553, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15280490 Slide 7: http://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.09.20033217, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22312351 Slide 8: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_South_Korea, https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/6/20-0320_article, https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-korea/ Slide 9: https://cmmid.github.io/topics/covid19/severity/diamond_cruise_cfr_estimates.html, http://www.wsj.com/articles/experimental-drug-helps-some-americans-ride-out-coronavirus-nih-doctor-says-11584094955,