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21 Feb, 6 tweets, 3 min read
1, One year ago today the Italian government made a decision to reject the pandemic preparedness plans that had been long established and began a quarantine of an entire population Lombardy. The @WHO had advised against this in October 2019 who.int/influenza/publ…
2, This set in motion a response to the Coronavirus pandemic that was to be copied by most of the world within the following month.

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3, Today, a year on, many populations are still are in lockdown and the collateral damages are only just beginning to be seen. collateralglobal.org #CGResearch
4, It is vital that the efficacy of mitigation measures are studied, outcomes measured and effectiveness evaluated and the findings are communicated to all of society.
We have begun this process with a number of other colleagues dedicated to this project. @collateralglbl #CG
5, The research process and our findings will be available to follow, and contribute towards, on a new website launching at the end of April. In the meantime you can find out more here collateralglobal.org We are dedicated to communicating this vital project to all of society.
6, Through commitment to the enduring principles of scientific inquiry, we aim to provide scholarship and research, building an evidence-based understanding of mitigation measures that is both accessible and actionable. collateralglobal.org #totalharms #CGResearch

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