Coronavirus Pandemic Amidst Uncertainty, Epidemiology Modellers Make The Case For Social Distancing Measures
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Most Drastic Strategy Seen As The Only Option Effectiveness Still In Doubt Developments in the current COVID-19 pandemic are happening rapidly as case counts are doubling every several days and policy interventions are being modified to keep pace with new information about how this virus behaves or is likely to behave.
Modelling A modelling study which reportedly had significant influence on decision making about social distancing measures in Great Britain and the - Pandemic con't on page 2
Notes on People - Epidemiologists In The News No More Guesses About Epidemiologists Being Skin Doctors with their epidemiologist friends or The COVID-19 pandemic has brought former neighbors to “get their take” on the unprecedented attention to epidemiologists and their work. All of a pandemic. One benefit of all this attention--No more guesses about sudden the world knows who epidemiologists being skin doctors. epidemiologists are and what they do. Whether on television, newspapers, or social media, epidemiologists are being The Epidemiology Monitor has collected a sample of these news items involving interviewed constantly to get their opinions about various characteristics of epidemiologists to give readers a sample of the more visible public role being the SARS CoV-2 virus causing the pandemic and potential control measures. played by epidemiologists everywhere. Old acquaintances that have fallen out of touch are reconnecting - People cont'd on page 7 March 2020
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