Rapid Reviews COVID-19

Rapid Reviews: COVID-19 is an open-access overlay journal that accelerates peer review of COVID-19-related research preprints to advance new and important findings, and prevent the dissemination of false or misleading scientific news. The editors, led by Professor Stefano Bertozzi and based at UC Berkeley, approach COVID-19 and its wide-ranging effects from a multidisciplinary and global perspective, reviewing papers from the fields of medicine; public health; the physical, biological, and chemical sciences; engineering; social sciences and the humanities. Read more about RR:C19 here.

RR:C19 Editorial: Immune Escape and Viral Evolution

by Gina Borgo, Yash S. Huilgol, Michael Cronce, and Stefano M. Bertozzi

Published: Feb 17, 2021

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Reviews of "Evidence for increased breakthrough rates of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in BNT162b2 mRNA vaccinated individuals"

Published: Apr 15, 2021

Reviewers: Art Reingold (UC Berkeley) | 📗📗📗📗◻️ • Konstantin Chumakov (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) | 📒📒📒◻️◻️ • Shivakumar Narayanan, Shyam Kottilil, Joel V. Chua (University of Maryland School of Medicine) | 📒📒📒◻️◻️

Reviews of "A Prothrombotic Thrombocytopenic Disorder Resembling Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Following Coronavirus-19 Vaccination"

Published: Apr 13, 2021

Reviewers: Vittorio Pengo (University of Padova) | 📘📘📘📘📘 • John Swartzberg (UC Berkeley) | 📒📒📒◻️◻️

Reviews of "Natural deletions in the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein drive antibody escape"

Published: Apr 09, 2021

Reviews of "Interleukin-6 Receptor Antagonists in Critically Ill Patients with Covid-19 – Preliminary report"

Published: Mar 01, 2021

Reviews of "Optimal SARS-CoV-2 vaccine allocation using real-time seroprevalence estimates in Rhode Island and Massachusetts"

Published: Mar 01, 2021

Reviews of "Emergence of a novel SARS-CoV-2 strain in Southern California, USA"

Published: Feb 11, 2021

Reviews of "Evidence for increased breakthrough rates of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in BNT162b2 mRNA vaccinated individuals"

Published: Apr 15, 2021

Reviews of "Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 infection in human cardiomyocytes by targeting the Sigma-1 receptor disrupts cytoskeleton architecture and contractility"

Published: Mar 29, 2021

Reviews of "Host genome analysis of structural variations by Optical Genome Mapping provides clinically valuable insights into genes implicated in critical immune, viral infection, and viral replication pathways in patients with severe COVID-19"

Published: Feb 23, 2021

Reviews of "Binding Profile Assessment of N501Y: a More Infectious Mutation on the Receptor Binding Domain of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein"

Published: Mar 15, 2021

Reviews of "Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Viral Particles Using Direct, Reagent-Free Electrochemical Sensing"

Published: Jan 18, 2021

Reviews of "Structural and Functional Comparison of SARS-CoV-2-Spike Receptor Binding Domain Produced in Pichia pastoris and Mammalian Cells"

Published: Nov 25, 2020

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RR:C19 Editorial

RR:C19 Editorial: Immune Escape and Viral Evolution

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Editor's Spotlight

Reviews of "Evidence for increased breakthrough rates of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in BNT162b2 mRNA vaccinated individuals"

Reviews of "A Prothrombotic Thrombocytopenic Disorder Resembling Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Following Coronavirus-19 Vaccination"

Medical Sciences

Reviews of "Natural deletions in the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein drive antibody escape"

Reviews of "Interleukin-6 Receptor Antagonists in Critically Ill Patients with Covid-19 – Preliminary report"

Reviews of "Optimal SARS-CoV-2 vaccine allocation using real-time seroprevalence estimates in Rhode Island and Massachusetts"

Reviews of "Emergence of a novel SARS-CoV-2 strain in Southern California, USA"

Public Health

Reviews of "Evidence for increased breakthrough rates of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in BNT162b2 mRNA vaccinated individuals"

Reviews of "Scent dog identification of SARS-CoV-2 infections, similar across different body fluids"

Reviews of "The effect of eviction moratoriums on the transmission of SARS-CoV-2"

Reviews of "Going Viral: The Social Credit System and COVID-19"

Biological and Chemical Sciences

Reviews of "Impaired local intrinsic immunity to SARS-CoV-2 infection in severe COVID-19"

Reviews of "Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 infection in human cardiomyocytes by targeting the Sigma-1 receptor disrupts cytoskeleton architecture and contractility"

Reviews of "Host genome analysis of structural variations by Optical Genome Mapping provides clinically valuable insights into genes implicated in critical immune, viral infection, and viral replication pathways in patients with severe COVID-19"

Reviews of "Longitudinal monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 RNA on high-touch surfaces in a community setting"

Humanities and Social Sciences

Reviews of "Information Delivered by a Chatbot Has a Positive Impact on COVID-19 Vaccines Attitudes and Intentions"

Reviews of "The Impacts of Corona Populism"

Reviews of "COVID-19 is Feminine: Grammatical Gender Influences Future Danger Perceptions and Precautionary Behavior"

Reviews of "The Effect of Information Behavior in Media on Perceived and Actual Knowledge about the COVID-19 Pandemic"

Physical Sciences and Engineering

Reviews of "Phase transitions may explain why SARS-CoV-2 spreads so fast and why new variants are spreading faster"

Reviews of "Binding Profile Assessment of N501Y: a More Infectious Mutation on the Receptor Binding Domain of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein"

Reviews of "Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Viral Particles Using Direct, Reagent-Free Electrochemical Sensing"

Reviews of "Structural and Functional Comparison of SARS-CoV-2-Spike Receptor Binding Domain Produced in Pichia pastoris and Mammalian Cells"

Reviewer Spotlight: Jeffrey Way

"The manuscript has a number of defects, most of which can be remedied without doing more experiments. Publication should at least be deferred until these issues are addressed."