COVID Contract Tracing guidelines

MDH - Return to work

MDH - What to do when you are sick for coronavirus? 

MDH - Waiting for coronavirus test results

Coursera: COVID-19 Contact Tracing - Johns Hopkins University

CDC: Contract tracing 

What is contact tracing? - approx. 2 minutes 

Origins of COVID and other Zoonotic diseases

U of Minnesota Origins of COVID and other Zoonotic Diseases


This webinar covers the origin of HIV via the SIV in primates in Africa.  Other wildlife based or zoonotic diseases are also covered. 

Use of Face Shields to Protect Against Transmission of COVID-19

Medical Xpress - Could Face Shields replace masks in preventing COVID-19. 

CDC - Efficacy of Face Shields - CDC report that face shields are protective for health care workers from initial large droplets but provide very little protection over longer periods. 

CDC - Care and use of face shields

MDH - Best practices for masks and face shields for persons with disabilities. - Information on masks with clear openings for lip reading and when face shields are appropriate as sole protection. 

JAMA ...Face Shields and the Containment of COVID-19. The authors suggest that using face shields to prevent COVID-19 transmission would be easy to implement. Data suggest that they may protect the person wearing it from large aerosol transmission. They will not protect against small aerosol transmission. 

Contagion Live - Interview with an author of the JAMA paper. Encouraging the universal use of face shields could reduce the r naught to below one. The use is based on similar diseases but not specifically on COVID-19. 

PMC - Safety Guidelines for Sterility of Face Shields for the COVID-19 outbreak - They list specifications for the design and cleaning of face shields. The chemical list is rather limited. 

Lancet - Physical Distancing, Face Masks, and Eye Protection ... Distances of 2 meters or greater are recommended to reduce transmission. All three of these measures can combine to potentially reduce exposure but not eliminate it. There is a need form more specific COVID - 19 data. 

FDA - Emergency Use Authorization for the production of face shields - The authorization lists the specific approved methods for the production of face shields. 

Interview with Michael B. Edmund on the use of face sheilds - 11:30 min.