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Revision as of 23:56, 2 May 2020

Covid-19 Progress in Turkey

SARS-CoV-2, The Virus

How Coronavirus Mutates and Spreads by J. Corum and C. Zimmer, April 30, 2020 — NY Times

— The coronavirus is an oily membrane packed with genetic instructions to make millions of copies of itself. The instructions are encoded in 30,000 letters of RNA — a, c, g and u — which the infected cell reads and translates into many kinds of virus proteins.

Inside the Coronavirus Genome by J. Corum and C. Zimmer, April 3, 2020 — NY Times

— The genome of the new coronavirus is less than 30,000 letters long, while the human genome is over 3 billion. Scientists have identified genes for as many as 29 proteins, which carry out a range of jobs from making copies of the coronavirus to suppressing the body’s immune responses.

How Coronavirus Hijacks Your Cells by J. Corum and C. Zimmer, March 13, 2020 — NY Times

— The virus that causes Covid-19 is currently spreading around the world. At least six other types of coronavirus are known to infect humans, with some causing the common cold and two causing outbreaks: SARS and MERS.

Genetic Data for SARS-CoV-2, April 12, 2020 — Wolfram

— This interactive dashboard displays recent information on the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, patient symptoms and outcomes, and the genetic makeup of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2).


Treatment, Vaccine, Prevention

How Long Will a Vaccine Really Take? by S. A. Thompson, April 30, 2020 — NY Times

A vaccine would be the ultimate weapon against the coronavirus and the best route back to normal life. Officials like Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the top infectious disease expert on the US administration’s coronavirus task force, estimate a vaccine could arrive in at least 12 to 18 months.


Data Sources (pandemic)

How do sources compare? by H. Ritchie et al., March 19, 2020 — Our World in Data

— There are three key sources providing regular updates of COVID-19 cases and deaths globally and by country.

  1. World Health Organization
  2. European Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)
  3. Johns Hopkins University

Addendum

NOTE: Script for downloading the CSV file into R

1 #these libraries need to be loaded
2 library(utils)
3 
4 #read the Dataset sheet into “R”. The dataset will be called "data".
5 data <- read.csv("https://opendata.ecdc.europa.eu/covid19/casedistribution/csv", na.strings = "", fileEncoding = "UTF-8-BOM")

Data Sources (other)


Datasets


Updates


Observable


Shiny


Tableau



Research