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Ciencia, salud pública y toma de decisiones: [Editorial] / Science, public health and decision making: [Editorial]
Gomez-Marín, Jorge E.
  • Gomez-Marín, Jorge E; s.af
Infectio ; 25(4): 205-206, oct.-dic. 2021.
Article in Spanish | LILACS, COLNAL | ID: biblio-1286714
RESUMEN
La pandemia por COVID-19 ha obligado a los gobiernos de todo el mundo a la toma de decisiones con información preliminar, insuficiente o discutible en argumentos científicos, algo que como académicos debemos entender y acompañar y se convierte en un reto mayor ¿cómo dar recomendaciones con información limitada y reducir las incertidumbres? Para ello, primero que todo, se debe reconocer que estos procesos están sometidos a cambios según la evolución del conocimiento y la comunicación de la información se vuelve crucial para evitar minar la confianza pública ante los cambios. Es así como muchas recomendaciones para el manejo de COVID 19 han venido evolucionando a medida que se conoce mejor la patogénesis, sus mecanismos de transmisión y las particularidades en la respuesta inmune y, por ejemplo, pasamos de una recomendación inicial de medidas de prevención que incluía limpieza de superficies a una en la cual el énfasis es la limitación en número de personas en reunión. La Asociación Colombiana de infectología junto con otras 27 sociedades científicas lleva tres diferentes actualizaciones de recomendaciones basadas en evidencia en los primeros 12 meses de pandemia, es decir cada tres meses se han venido revisando las más de 250 recomendaciones, lo cual ha significado un trabajo enorme de revisión, discusión y presentación final las cuales, afortunadamente, han sido acogidas y tomadas como base de las decisiones gubernamentales.
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced governments around the world to take decisions on preliminary, insufficient The COVID-19 pandemic has forced governments around the world to make decisions with preliminary, insufficient or debatable information on scientific grounds, something that as academics we must understand and accompany and which becomes a major challenge how to give recommendations with limited information and reduce uncertainties? To do this, first of all, it must be recognised that these processes are subject to change as knowledge evolves and the communication of information becomes crucial to avoid undermining public confidence in the face of change. Thus, many recommendations for the management of COVID 19 have evolved as the pathogenesis, transmission mechanisms and particularities of the immune response have become better understood and, for example, we have gone from an initial recommendation of measures to be taken in response to COVID 19 to a recommendation of measures to be taken in response to COVID 19, we have moved from an initial recommendation for prevention measures that included surface cleaning to one in which the emphasis is on limiting the number of people at a meeting. The Colombian Association of Infectious Diseases, together with 27 other scientific societies, has scientific societies has three different updates of evidence-based evidence-based recommendations in the first 12 months of a pandemic, i.e. every months of the pandemic, i.e. every three months, the more than 250 recommendations have been This has meant an enormous work of review, discussion and final presentation which, fortunately, have been accepted and taken as a basis for governmental decisions. and taken as a basis for governmental decisions.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Communication Limits: Female / Humans / Male Language: Spanish Journal: Infectio Journal subject: Communicable Diseases Year: 2021 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Communication Limits: Female / Humans / Male Language: Spanish Journal: Infectio Journal subject: Communicable Diseases Year: 2021 Type: Article