Practical Advice on Managing Challenges from the COVID-19 Coronavirus

Here is what I have collected/collated for practical advice from folks with skin in the game for

• personal safety
  • tracking case status
    • https://www.latimes.com/projects/california-coronavirus-cases-tracking-outbreak/
    • https://projects.sfchronicle.com/2020/coronavirus-map/
  • avoiding infection
    • risk factors – age, diabetes, compromised lung function, obesity
    • masks
    • social distance
    • supplement protocols
      • https://www.evms.edu/media/evms_public/departments/internal_medicine/EVMS_Critical_Care_COVID-19_Protocol.pdf
      • MedCram Coronavirus Pandemic Update 59: Dr. Seheult’s Daily Regimen (Vitamin D, C, Zinc, Quercetin, NAC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM2A2xNLWR4
  • minimizing impact of infection (home treatment / how to monitor yourself and determine whether to go to hospital and what records to keep to help guide early treatment (e.g. historical readings for temperature, blood
    • pull videos from “Nurse John”
    • measure / write down blood pressure, pulse oxygen, heart rate, respiration rate; other significant symptoms) ICU treatment (these are to help people understand options and decisions they may be faced with for a loved one)
  • protocols for hospital treatment (these are to understand what may happen if you are hospitalized) and ICU
    • https://covidprotocols.org/
    • https://www.evms.edu/media/evms_public/departments/internal_medicine/EVMS_Critical_Care_COVID-19_Protocol.pdf
• household level issues
  • Mood:
    • Six Daily Quarantine Questions by Brooke Anderson https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/six_daily_questions_to_ask_yourself_in_quarantine
    • https://virologydownunder.com/so-you-think-youve-about-to-be-in-a-pandemic/
• firm/establishment/workplace practices
  • see Utah Park City guidelines for ideas https://www.summitcounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/10898/Joint-Public-Health-Order-2020-05—Stabilization-Phase-signed
  • UVC could be an important element in sterilizing indoor areas https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-21058-w
    • From the abstract “far-UVC light (207–222?nm) efficiently inactivates bacteria without harm to exposed mammalian skin. This is because, due to its strong absorbance in biological materials, far-UVC light cannot penetrate even the outer (non living) layers of human skin or eye; however, because bacteria and viruses are of micrometer or smaller dimensions, far-UVC can penetrate and inactivate them. We show for the first time that far-UVC efficiently inactivates airborne aerosolized viruses, with a very low dose of 2?mJ/cm² of 222-nm light inactivating >95% of aerosolized H1N1 influenza virus. Continuous very low dose-rate far-UVC light in indoor public locations is a promising, safe and inexpensive tool to reduce the spread of airborne-mediated microbial diseases.”
  • https://www.inc.com/business-continuity-cash-flow-coronavirus-crisis.html
  • Startups managing a Downturn: blog post “ask your employees / customers / suppliers for help and offer them help” and rebut these
    • https://www.nfx.com/post/28-moves-survive-thrive-downturn/
    • https://davidcummings.org/2020/03/21/startup-cash-considerations-in-crisis/
    • https://a16z.com/2020/04/07/saas-businesses-weather-hard-times-by-focusing-on-efficient-growth/
    • https://steveblank.com/2020/03/19/action-today-for-cfos/
    • https://steveblank.com/2020/03/17/the-virus-survival-strategy-for-your-startup/
    • https://a16z.com/2020/03/31/planning-and-managing-layoffs/
• county/municipality level practices
  • Two Track re-opening, protect most vulnerable from Graham Allison
    • https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/494949-we-can-protect-the-most-vulnerable-and-reopen-the-economy
    • https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/coronavirus-strategic-challenge-has-washington-misdiagnosed-problem
  • Utah County Guidelines https://www.summitcounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/10898/Joint-Public-Health-Order-2020-05—Stabilization-Phase-signed
  • Model Comparison Forum at 538 https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/covid-forecasts/
    • https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-its-so-freaking-hard-to-make-a-good-covid-19-model/
  • SEIRD model http://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/event201-resources/event201-model-desc.pdf
  • need to communicate criteria clearly, this is voluntary https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/05/03/dont_expect_losers_of_the_quarantine_to_sit_idly_by_forever_143101.html
  • Reinertsen group level testing models for test efficiency—-
  • I think this June 2020 article will prove prescient: It’s Time to End the State of Emergency Over Covid-19   By Rajiv Bhatia and Jeffrey Klausner,
    • Orders requiring Californians to stay at home and to shutter businesses because of the COVID-19 pandemic relied on rare powers of public health officials.

https://www.statnews.com/2020/05/08/nursing-homes-veterans-homes-national-epicenters-covid-19/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/05/06/coronavirus-density-mass-transit-bureacracy-censorship-column/3075550001/

https://johnhcochrane.blogspot.com/2020/03/beyond-testing-central-question-for.html

https://theprepared.com/blog/thinking-ahead-a-possible-medium-term-scenario-for-covid-19/

https://issuesinsights.com/2020/03/31/some-much-needed-coronavirus-perspective/

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-its-so-freaking-hard-to-make-a-good-covid-19-model/

https://covid19.ca.gov/

https://www.inc.com/business-continuity-cash-flow-coronavirus-crisis.html