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Can we do better? A guide to pandemics – some Dos and Don'ts for the next one
  Specific features of any rapidly spread pathogen needs early recognition and assessment for possible pandemic potential.
These include: inter-person transmissibility and exponential spread, which results in significant morbidity, mortality.
These also include its ability to continue spreading locally, nationally and internationally, without attenuation over time.
Inter-pandemic funding and maintenance of capability is essential and can feed into ongoing routine healthcare resource use.
Delayed interventional responses during the early pandemic can have severe consequences on public health and the economy.

  • Type:

    Letter

  • Date:

    21 April 2021

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Elsevier BV

  • DOI:

    10.1016/j.jinf.2021.04.017

  • Cross Ref:

    10.1016/j.jinf.2021.04.017

  • ISSN:

    0163-4453

  • Funders:

    Edinburgh Napier Funded

Citation

Tang, J. W., Kwok, K. O., Loh, T. P., Lee, C. K., Heraud, J., & Dancer, S. J. (2021). Can we do better? A guide to pandemics – some Dos and Don'ts for the next one. Journal of Infection, 83(1), 119-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2021.04.017

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Keywords

Infectious diseases; pandemics; preparation

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