The COVKID Compass

The COVKID Compass is a new blog from the Coronavirus in Kids Tracking and Education (COVKID) Project team. In this blog we promise to bring you easy-to-understand, unbiased, and up-to-date scientific explanations of all aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic in children and teenagers.

We believe that COVID-19 policy-making should be evidence-based, and that new scientific evidence needs to be critically evaluated before it influences policy. We hope to be a reliable compass for everyone seeking to understand the causes, epidemiology, and outcomes of COVID-19 in children. Read our welcome to the blog post ...

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America’s Kids are on a Runaway COVID Train (The Science of Back to School #2)

Beth Pathak

Sep 8
4 min

America’s Kids are on a Runaway COVID Train (The Science of Back to School #2)

Reported Cases are Increasing in Every Region of the U.S. by Elizabeth Pathak, PhD, Janelle Menard, PhD, and Jason L. Salemi, PhD In the ...

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An Open Letter to the #PedsICU Community

Beth Pathak

Jul 29
3 min

An Open Letter to the #PedsICU Community

The United States is approaching 1,000 *reported* child patients admitted to PICUs with #COVID19. Today (29-Jul) @COVKIDProject (www.covk...

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Demystifying Data on COVID-19 Deaths in Florida

Jason L. Salemi

Jul 13
1 min

Demystifying Data on COVID-19 Deaths in Florida

I understand why the data on COVID-19 deaths are confusing. If you looked at data from the New York Times, the Florida Department of Heal...

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Understanding COVID-19 Critical Illness in Children (The Science of Back to School #1)

Beth Pathak

Jul 10
1 min

Understanding COVID-19 Critical Illness in Children (The Science of Back to School #1)

Welcome to The Science of Back to School, a new series within the COVKID Compass blog exploring specific scientific questions directly relev

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Jason L. Salemi

Jun 30
1 min

COVID-19 Case Positivity Rates in FL

This video blog intends to address a common series of questions surrounding publicly-available information on the case positivity rate, s...

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Beth Pathak

Jun 29
1 min

COVID-19 Epidemic Curves for Children

This video blog explains newly released COVID-19 epidemic curves for children and teens in the United States. These data are only availab...

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