# March 16th: Daily Coronavirus Links

As part of the LessWrong Coronavirus Link Database, Ben, Elizabeth and I are publishing daily update posts with all the new links we are adding each day that we ranked a 3 or above in our importance rankings. Here are all the top links that we added yesterday (March 16th), by topic.

Action
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[**Suggestion to collate local response data**](https://www.facebook.com/robert.wiblin/posts/885849814755?__cft__[0]=AZW2Tved6Ld60KppvAOpDaBdqjPcEbv85QGmSQyskOhSA44zx_qZYufIOb_e5s5h0pLR6yBBNabKCUv8U7kylEfB_MU7TVLiCSwmBBKhrJR4MEDreJdvgaxviuxdrBccBNCyYBZGBfJDOg1JG8U2q0qhBaMkZlPp2Y0OoW4VEhPlrOYIAgfRPqO6HtEX6B0yLqI&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R)

Rob Wiblin suggests collecting and summarising locality responses to C19 and entering on wikipedia, because other localities may turn to it to inform their own response.

Aggregators
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[**FB discussion of volunteer opportunities**](https://www.facebook.com/jessriedel/posts/10101774449570642?hc_location=ufi)

Jess Riedel collects volunteer opportunities.

Dashboards
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[**1Point3Acres US dashboard**](https://coronavirus.1point3acres.com/en)

Includes map and list of statistics aggregated by state and count

Everyday Life
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[**Bay Area to issue Shelter In Place orders**](https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/Bay-Area-must-shelter-in-place-Only-15135014.php)

6 bay area counties intend to issue shelter-in-place orders at noon today.

Guides/FAQs/Intros
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[**Personal plea for isolation**](https://www.facebook.com/robbensinger/posts/10162894176915447)

Rob Bensinger explains why he thinks isolation is essential

Medical System
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[**Analysis of chloroquine as an effective treatment for Coronavirus**](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTi-g18ftNZUMRAj2SwRPodtscFio7bJ7GdNgbJAGbdfF67WuRJB3ZsidgpidB2eocFHAVjIL-7deJ7/pub)

Long doc by Stanford PhD and other researchers arguing that this has the potential as a cure, offering info (like mechanism of action) and arguing for more research. Translated into Spanish.

Progression/Outcome
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[**Lit Review of Risk for Young People of COVID-19 by Sarah Constantin**](https://srconstantin.github.io/2020/03/16/COVID-19-young-people-risks.html?fbclid=IwAR3CkRHHi9II0Tn-84MVbSL07CHIM-L5yzqh7vCyph4fYMVXHcNwQ8PvfZc)

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.

Spread & Prevention
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[**Configurable model of spread**](http://gabgoh.github.io/COVID/index.html)

Visual display of outcome counts based on a highly configurable transmission model

[**Collection of estimates of various C19 parameters**](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QdoCEXmZqj_4ptywXOKFe8I8rS6ijveqvdYXWT1quQI/edit#)

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

[**France recommends no NSAID except tylenol**](https://www.archyde.com/against-covid-19-the-minister-of-health-recommends-not-to-take-ibuprofen/?fbclid=IwAR1SY0EBlODXD81EqMlJAqDtPNaR9hkPF6fJlCPekwfDqrJRuNTI_uhzbOc)

France notes hospitalized young people have often taken common NSAIDS (except paracetamol) and recommends against it

*(EV) I'm really skeptical that this is a real result*

[**Paper: Advice for UK Government Responses to Covid-19 (influential in UK decision-making)**](https://www.imperial.ac.uk/mrc-global-infectious-disease-analysis/news--wuhan-coronavirus/?fbclid=IwAR3CkRHHi9II0Tn-84MVbSL07CHIM-L5yzqh7vCyph4fYMVXHcNwQ8PvfZc)

"The expert epidemiological modelling that likely informed the UK Government's policy change today." - Rob Wiblin

Other
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[**Predictions about C19**](https://www.gjopen.com/challenges/43-coronavirus-outbreak)

Good Judgement Project Open's collection of C19-related predictions

[**Link to Full Database**](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aXBq5edfzvOz22rot6JvMeKD0tRF9-w4fF500fIrvcs/edit#gid=1069546931)
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