Interesting data from Foursquare regarding foot traffic (up to 27th March) in the US.
As expected Airports -66%, Hotels -61%, Bars -60%, Gyms -64%, Malls -61%, Clothing Stores -72%, Movie Theatres -75%, Restaurants -73%.
There are some interesting observations though.
Despite restaurant traffic being down 73%, fast food is only -17% – likely due to take away.
Interestingly after the initial stocking spike traffic to supply stores, grocery stores (pictured) and liquor stores is now well down from the peak (but still up overall).
Drug stores on the other hand are seeing a +28% and hardware stores continue to see strong traffic (+27%).
Gas station traffic initially ticked up but are now seeing -7-8% decline.
Outdoors is booming with visits to trails +34% and parks +10%.
Clinicaltrials.gov counts 104 active studies in the US.
There is also SOLIDARITY, a WHO megatrial announced on Friday.
Drugs in Clinical Trials:
Chloroquine (Plaquenil) – 70 year old treatment for malaria repurposed. Only small open label trials done so far (here, here and here) show encouraging early results.
Siltuximab, Sarilumab and Tocilizumab – all IL-6 inhibitors (for anti-inflammatory conditions) repurposed and being clinically tested.
Remdesivir – previously tested for other viruses including Ebola. Two phase III studies initiated.
