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In light of the viral outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 that monopolized the focus of the scientific community and general public alike for the past 6 months, one of the greatest contributors in the battle against this pandemic was the international sharing of information. Whether regarding the viral genome, incubation periods, method of transmission, symptoms, dangerous behaviors, age groups at risk, all information was valuable, all data was shared as soon as possible. Considering that the most severely impacted group of patients are already suffering from other conditions, accessing the impact that metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), obesity, and diabetes has on patients by sharing information between different healthcare facilities is of vital importance. However, the value behind open information sharing would remain significant even without a viral outbreak and should there be a more efficient infrastructure in place, the global exchange of data can become more practical and less arduous. Since the sharing of data by individual researchers is often motivated by personal benefits, this observed international collaboration is conditional at best, and the widespread misinformation during this pandemic could be an indication of a certain lack of consensus within the scientific community itself. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses a study which investigated the association between obesity and coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) severity of illness among patients diagnosed with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Topics covered include the prevalence of clinical subtypes of COVID-19 severity among SARS-CoV-2 patients with and without obesity, and the association between increasing body mass index (BMI) values and COVID-19 severity.

The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been recently declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization.[1] Cases of positive real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results in patients recovered from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been recently reported.[2] However, little is currently known about the prevalence of recurrent positive RT-PCR test results in these patients. Discussion We found that 3 of 20 patients, 7 days after hospital discharge with negative RT-PCR tests, had a positive RT-PCR test. [Extracted from the article]