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Health Planning/organization & administration , Public Health Administration/trends , Public Health/trends , Social Support/trends , State Medicine/organization & administration , COVID-19/epidemiology , COVID-19/prevention & control , Forecasting , Health Planning/trends , Pandemics/prevention & control , State Medicine/trends , United KingdomSubject(s)
Anthrax/history , Bioterrorism/history , COVID-19 , Public Health Administration , Public Health/legislation & jurisprudence , COVID-19/prevention & control , History, 21st Century , Humans , Pandemics/prevention & control , Public Health Administration/history , Public Health Administration/trends , State Government , United StatesSubject(s)
Ecosystem , Introduced Species , Public Health , Animals , Awareness , Humans , Public Health/trends , Public Health Administration/trends , RiskABSTRACT
Fourteen months into the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, we identify key lessons in the global and national responses to the pandemic. The World Health Organization has played a pivotal technical, normative and coordinating role, but has been constrained by its lack of authority over sovereign member states. Many governments also mistakenly attempted to manage COVID-19 like influenza, resulting in repeated lockdowns, high excess morbidity and mortality, and poor economic recovery. Despite the incredible speed of the development and approval of effective and safe vaccines, the emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants means that all countries will have to rely on a globally coordinated public health effort for several years to defeat this pandemic.
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COVID-19/epidemiology , Communicable Disease Control , Global Health , Communicable Disease Control/methods , Communicable Disease Control/organization & administration , Communicable Disease Control/trends , Global Health/history , Global Health/trends , Government , History, 21st Century , Humans , Pandemics/history , Public Health/history , Public Health/methods , Public Health/trends , Public Health Administration/methods , Public Health Administration/standards , Public Health Administration/trends , SARS-CoV-2/physiologySubject(s)
COVID-19/ethnology , Emigrants and Immigrants/statistics & numerical data , Ethnicity/statistics & numerical data , Healthcare Disparities , Minority Groups/statistics & numerical data , Patient Advocacy , Bias , COVID-19/mortality , COVID-19/pathology , Confidentiality/legislation & jurisprudence , France/epidemiology , Health Status Disparities , Healthcare Disparities/ethnology , Healthcare Disparities/legislation & jurisprudence , Healthcare Disparities/statistics & numerical data , Humans , Morbidity , Mortality/ethnology , Pandemics , Patient Advocacy/legislation & jurisprudence , Public Health Administration/legislation & jurisprudence , Public Health Administration/standards , Public Health Administration/trends , SARS-CoV-2Subject(s)
COVID-19/epidemiology , Global Health , Pandemics , Public Health , COVID-19/history , Forecasting , Global Health/history , Global Health/trends , Health Priorities/economics , Health Priorities/trends , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Humans , Pandemics/economics , Pandemics/history , Pandemics/prevention & control , Public Health/history , Public Health/trends , Public Health Administration/history , Public Health Administration/methods , Public Health Administration/trends , SARS-CoV-2Subject(s)
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/epidemiology , Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology , Epidemics/prevention & control , Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/epidemiology , Public Health Administration/trends , Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/psychology , Betacoronavirus , COVID-19 , Coronavirus Infections/psychology , Female , Humans , Pandemics , Pneumonia, Viral/psychology , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/virology , SARS-CoV-2ABSTRACT
The 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19), also known as SARS-CoV-2, is highly pathogenic and virulent, and it spreads very quickly through human-to-human contact. In response to the growing number of cases, governments across the spectrum of affected countries have adopted different strategies in implementing control measures, in a hope to reduce the number of new cases. However, 5 months after the first confirmed case, countries like the United States of America (US) seems to be heading towards a trajectory that indicates a health care crisis. This is in stark contrast to the downward trajectory in Europe, China, and elsewhere in Asia, where the number of new cases has seen a decline ahead of an anticipated second wave. A data-driven approach reveals three key strategies in tackling COVID-19. Our work here has definitively evaluated these strategies and serves as a warning to the US, and more importantly, a guide for tackling future pandemics. Also see the video abstract here https://youtu.be/gPkCi2_7tWo.