Talk Evidence COVID-19 update: natural history of COVID, include patients in guidelines (May 2020)

Summary

For the next few months this series of BMJ podcasts, Talk Evidence, is going to focus on the coronavirus pandemic. There is an enormous amount of uncertainty about the disease, what the symptoms are, fatality rate, treatment options, things we shouldn't be doing.

Talk Evidence is going to try to get away from the headlines and talk about what we need to know, to hopefully give listeners some insight into these issues.

Content

Episode 1:

(1.20) Carl gives us an update on the England and Wales admission data.

(3.00) Helen talks about ways in which spread and severity of infection amongst household contacts.

(8.20) We talk natural history of covid-19, and Harlan Krumholz, cardiologist at Yale, tells us what we know, and why it's difficult to have a full picture at the moment.

(15.10) Helen picks up on a study from Tim Spectre and colleagues using an app to track cases.

(20.00) Henry Scowcroft, one of The BMJ's patient editor, who also works for Cancer Research UK, joins us to talk about patients who are taking part in clinical trials, and how this is affecting them. He also touches on the thin patient participation in the design of covid treatment guidelines.

(24.10) Carl talks rapidity of publishing, and where researchers should most target their evidence outreach.