# March 18th: 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 18th), by topic.*

Aggregators
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[**Aggregation of PubMed C19 papers**](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/)

Collection of every academic paper (including preprints) submitted to pubmed about coronavirus

Dashboards
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[**Florida Health Department's Case Map**](https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/96dd742462124fa0b38ddedb9b25e429)

A comprehensive and detailed dashboard on the COVID-19 statistics in Florida (Gender, Age, County), people tested, cases monitored etc

Everyday Life
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[**A group house describes their precautions and plans**](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jkRA0D8V4I95T4kTxojccrILpy_dwJbFuRVnMpGexlU/edit)

Medical System
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[**Interactive model: when will US states run out of hospital beds**](https://www.astorsquare.com/covid)

This model attempts to determine at what point hospital beds will be filled by COVID-19 patients and hospitals will be above capacity. Uses hospital beds, not ICU beds or ventilators

[**Testing labs worried about basic supply shortages**](https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/16/coronavirus-testing-glitch-cotton-swabs-132692)

Commercial labs are gearing up for a huge testing effort, but warn that they'll quickly run out of basic supplies like cotton swabs

Progression/Outcome
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[**C19 can sicken children**](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/health/coronavirus-childen.html)

If you survey enough people (denominator unclear), you will find children with moderate and even severe symptoms

Science
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[**COVID-19 may kill some through cytokine storm**](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30628-0/fulltext)

Accumulating evidence suggests that a subgroup of patients with severe COVID-19 might have a cytokine storm syndrome. They recommend identification and treatment of hyperinflammation using existing, approved therapies with proven safety profiles to address the immediate need to reduce the rising mortality.

[**Biologist-targeted intro to CVs in general**](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B978070204089400072X)

An overview of the coronavirus family, including physical form, pathogenicity, and epidemiology

[**Slightly more technical biologist-targeted intro**](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4369385/)

An overview of the coronavirus family, including physical form, pathogenicity, and epidemiology

Spread & Prevention
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[**Twitter: Exposure dose matters**](https://twitter.com/PeterKolchinsky/status/1239560638239838215)

Immune response starts as soon as you're infected, but damage is a function of dose. So if your infection starts small, you will have an immune response at a lower level of infection

[Full Database Link](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aXBq5edfzvOz22rot6JvMeKD0tRF9-w4fF500fIrvcs/edit#gid=402017926)
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