“It’s the most daunting virus that we’ve contended with in half a century or more,” @michaelmina_lab an epidemiologist at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, said at a panel discussion Friday at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. statnews.com/2020/03/07/har…
#Coronavirus has been compared to influenza. But there are no drugs or vaccines yet for treating or preventing the virus as there are for flu. We are exposed to different flu strains which help us build immunity. No one had immunity to this virus.
“This virus, on the one hand, there’s a saving grace that it doesn’t seem to be impacting our young, and that is amazing,” Mina said. “But the mortality rate among people who are getting infected above 80 years old is 15-plus%.”
“It’s here, there are going to be massive disruptions to our social fabric in terms of your day to day. All of you have a part in stopping the spread of this … but we have to treat this as part of the plan. We’re at that stage now.” @juliettekayyem
⚠️#US action “locally executed, state managed, & federally supported.”
“It’s coming, it’s here. We’re in the response phase. Our measure of success is not containment anymore. Our measure of success now is, will fewer people die or get severely sick ” -@juliettekayyem
“It’s coming, it’s here. We’re in the response phase. Our measure of success is not containment anymore. Our measure of success now is, will fewer people die or get severely sick ” -@juliettekayyem
Fragmented US health care system leaves him worried about cohesion of response.
"State of our health care system, we have privatized everything about it is going to impact our ability. No ability to create new hospital beds. We can’t even test appropriately.” @michaelmina_lab
"State of our health care system, we have privatized everything about it is going to impact our ability. No ability to create new hospital beds. We can’t even test appropriately.” @michaelmina_lab
⚠️"When the story is written about U.S. preparedness for this, will be called ‘Squandered Time.’ Not just on the medical side, but on the preparedness side. It’s not just the kits. School closings were inevitable the second we had the first patients." -@juliettekayyem
“I’m concerned about people living in long-term care facilities. I’m worried about people who stay in homeless shelters. I’m worried about people who work in retail. I’m worried about people who don’t have the money to stockpile food b/c they don’t have extra money." -Branswell
