Welcome to the Coronavirus Info-Database, an attempt to organize the disparate papers, articles and links that are spread all over the internet regarding the nCov pandemic. We sort, summarize and prioritize all links on a daily basis. You can submit new links by pressing the big green button.
You can find (and participate) in more LessWrong discussion of COVID-19 on our tag page.
| Sheet | Description | Top Links |
| Guides/FAQs/IntrosWebsites that attempt to gently introduce coronavirus or explain things about it. Typically non-exhaustive. | Websites that attempt to gently introduce coronavirus or explain things about it. Typically non-exhaustive. | lesswrong.com • Citizen Model Overview with lots of sources and quotes summarizing how to prepare, and what to do if you get COVID. In the top things I would recommend if you want to get an overview. emcrit.org • Medical Gentle guide to the basic science of C19, diagnostics, the course of the disease, and types of treatment one might receive youtube.com • Citizen Model Really good explanation, with great visualizations, while also being quite calming and grounding |
| DashboardsWebsites showing up-to-date SC2-relevant numbers in easy-to-read format. | Websites showing up-to-date SC2-relevant numbers in easy-to-read format. | econdb.com • Academic Per-country economic indicators like electricity usage and restaurant reviews, with past years for comparison avatorl.org • Citizen Model Very comprehensive dashboard with dozens of graphs. Currently the best resource I know for tracking both national and global spread. ourworldindata.org • NGO Broad overviw of CV with many very helpful, interactive and up-to-date graphs. |
| Progression & OutcomeInformation on what happens once you have COVID-19. | Information on what happens once you have COVID-19. | srconstantin.github.io • Citizen Model Review of studies for C19 home care. Mostly just summarizes studies, doesn't have any super strong recommendations. srconstantin.github.io • Citizen Model Uses data from China, South Korea. Also analyses costs of getting the disease when hospital beds are unavailable, suggesting a 1-2% fatality rate in that situation. nejm.org • Academic Outcomes/symptom data for a 1099 hospitalized patient set in China |
| Spread & PreventionInformation about current or predicted prevalence, how COVID-19 is spread, or lower the former/preventing the latter. We may need a prevalence model olympics | Information about current or predicted prevalence, how COVID-19 is spread, or lower the former/preventing the latter. We may need a prevalence model olympics | lesswrong.com • Citizen Model A summary of the best suggestions from the justified practical advice thread docs.google.com • Academic (pre-print) Contains both links to papers and their particular estimates for various parameters, including: R0, severity, IFR, CFR, incubation period, serial interval, infectious period, hospital time, doubling time, and prevalence journalofhospitalinfection.com • Academic List of surfaces and disinfectants and their efficacy at killing viruses |
| ScienceBasic science that does not immediatley prompt action. E.g. 'here's what SC2 targets' is in, 'Here's a drug targeting that' is out. | Basic science that does not immediatley prompt action. E.g. 'here's what SC2 targets' is in, 'Here's a drug targeting that' is out. | research.fhcrc.org • Academic Great explanation of C19's form and lifecycle, including explanations of how certain potential treatments could work sciencedirect.com • Academic An overview of the coronavirus family, including physical form, pathogenicity, and epidemiology ncbi.nlm.nih.gov • Academic An overview of the coronavirus family, including physical form, pathogenicity, and epidemiology |
| Medical SystemInformation or models on the current state of the medical system, including 'here's how bad hospitals are' and potential treatments. | Information or models on the current state of the medical system, including 'here's how bad hospitals are' and potential treatments. | techcrunch.com • News FDA specifically ammends rules to bar at-home collection of samples for C19 tests. centerforhealthsecurity.org • Medical John's Hopkin's Center for Health Security publishes a paper and does some Fermi's on ICU beds, predicting we will hit massive shortages medrxiv.org • Academic (pre-print) the presence of mandated BCG policies was associated with a significant flattening of the exponential increase in both confirmed cases and deaths during the first 30-day period of country-wise outbreaks |
| Everyday LifeAnnouncements of shutdowns, government or not. | Announcements of shutdowns, government or not. | docs.google.com • Coordination Tool Great crowdsourced collection of online board-game alternatives sfchronicle.com • News 6 bay area counties intend to issue shelter-in-place orders at noon today nytimes.com • Government Executive order to stop all travel from Europe (non-UK) to U.S. starting March 13th for 30 days |
| DIYAdvice on how to build and use medical supplies. | Advice on how to build and use medical supplies. | srconstantin.github.io • Citizen Model Clear explanations of why you need oxygen, how the various devices work, links to open source projects for building them, etc. emcrit.org • Medical Evidence and discussion (by an MD & professor of respiratory and critical care medicine) that lying facedown (prone) significantly improves oxygenation vs lying faceup (supine). zhihu.com • Unknown Step by step instructions, with pictures, on how to form a mask out of HEPA filters or otherwise unwoven fabric. In Chinese but google translate was perfectly understandable |
| Work & DonateOpportunities to help out. Volunteering and paid positions, as well as donation advice. | Opportunities to help out. Volunteering and paid positions, as well as donation advice. | worldwideempathyformeds.org • NGO Connects front line medics and carers with volunteer listeners lesswrong.com • Citizen Model A list of questions we want answered to inform future decisions, and assembly of answers as they're created abhisharmab.github.io • Citizen Model Currently 10 options, some of which are aggregators but some of which I haven't seen elsewhere |
| AggregatorsWebsites aggregating other content. | Websites aggregating other content. | covid19readings.com • Unknown Translates Chinese material (first person and news) into English. Updates < once per week pincong.rocks • News Chinese Q&A site discussing Covid. medium.com • Citizen Model Surprisingly high-quality of articles on the Medium coronavirus page. |
| EconomicsInformation and models on the economic impact of C19 | Information and models on the economic impact of C19 | marker.medium.com • News Supply chains meant to serve businesses things like toilet paper and food can't immediately convert to serving consumers, leading to shortages as consumers stay home nytimes.com • News Many first world farming operations rely on cheap imported labor, which is currently blocked by travel and immigration restrictions, potentially leading to a tremendous loss of food. ssingh.ucdavis.edu • Academic (pre-print) Based on 9 pandemics dating from the 1300s, economists calculate that large plagues reduce interest rates in European countries by 4-10% (points?) and raised wages by 5-10% |
| OtherLinks that don’t fit into the current categories. | Links that don’t fit into the current categories. | metaculus.com • Citizen Model Goes through the main predictions, showing how they changes over time. gjopen.com Good Judgement Project Open's collection of C19-related predictions reddit.com • 1st person report Reddit thread of people who lost their jobs due to coronavirus or quarantine |