Faculty of Medicine and Health: Recent submissions
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The ongoing COVID-19 epidemic in Minas Gerais, Brazil: insights from epidemiological data and SARS-CoV-2 whole genome sequencing.
Published 2020The recent emergence of a previously unknown coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), first confirmed in the city of Wuhan in China in December 2019, has caused serious public health and economic issues due to its rapid dissemination ...Preprint -
Preventing prejudice by preserving the spirit of mental health legislation during the COVID-19 national emergency.
Published 2020Objective: The COVID-19 national emergency activates legislative powers that allow a proportional infringement upon individual liberties. We canvas the complex legal landscape governing mental health consumers in this ...Article -
Ventilators-by-Lottery: The Least Unjust Form of Allocation in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Published 2020Because of the scarcity of ventilators in ICUs during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there are reports that in Italy ventilators were being allocated on the basis of who had the best chance of survival. ...Article -
Rapid publishing in the era of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Published 2020he advent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has generated an unparalleled level of interest from the medical and non‐medical community. As clinician‐scientists, we watch in astonishment at the exponential growth of ...Article -
Estimating the extent of asymptomatic COVID-19 and its potential for community transmission: systematic review and meta-analysis
Published 2020Background: The prevalence of true asymptomatic COVID-19 cases is critical to policy makers considering the effectiveness of mitigation measures against the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. We aimed to synthesize all available research ...Preprint