#Covid_19 is not a pandemic: it's a syndemic characterised by biological and social interactions between conditions and states. A syndemic is not merely a comorbidity by @richardhorton1 @TheLancet thelancet.com/journals/lance… @drsilenzi @dr_enricorosso @LeadMedIt @raffaelebruno
The most important consequence of seeing COVID-19 as a syndemic is to underline its social origins. "“A syndemic approach provides a very different orientation to clinical medicine and public health..." (Singer et Al., 2017)
"... and invite a larger vision, one encompassing education, employment, housing, food, and environment. Viewing COVID-19 only as a pandemic excludes such a broader but necessary prospectus"
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