Question

trends. We're all being impacted some way but COVID- 19, and as it progresses we can find more effective ways for treatment and/or prevention. By the end of this week you would have read about descriptive, analytic, or case control studies. If you were asked to implement one of these to understand the trends, exposure, and treatment of this virus (or even another hypothetical one), what are some elements which need to be considered? How much data would you need (i.e. is there a min/max of persons within a population that are needed?) What kind of calculation would you use (Odds Ratio? case report?). Please describe what aspect of studying this virus would interest you the most and how you would set up a study design to better or understand or slow down its progress. (And if you find anything groundbreaking let us know!)