Here's my vision of the future of public health in the U.S., thanks to @christinemehta @PublicHealthMag.

I learned a lot while working on the pandemic during the past few years in Massachusetts. Time for a 🧵 !
1/ @asosin @nataliexdean
harvardpublichealth.org/covid-19/the-f… Pre-pandemic I worked mostly in Latin America and Africa. I had worked as a physician in the U.S., but not in public health.

But in those early weeks, like my @PIH colleague @emwroe, I was surprised how everything felt so similar to our work overseas. 2/
dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/articles/emily…

1/ Whoa...now that China has a decent amount of COVID cases, they are doing some CRAZY cluster investigations.

One man goes for a quick jog in a Chongqing park without a mask and infects 39 people outdoors! 33 visitors and 6 staff. 🤯
HT @properwhitetie
weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/doi… 2/ He had recently returned from Tibet (where he was likely infected, probably not the plane IMO), so he was testing regularly.

8/13: back from Tibet; neg PCR
8/14: neg PCR
8/15: swabbed at night; fatigued
8/16: goes for a jog in the morning; 8/15 PCR comes back positive