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If containment is not possible, how do we minimize mortality for COVID-19 and other emerging infectious disease outbreaks?

Handel, A.; Miller, J.; Ge, Y.; Fung, I. C.-H.

2020-03-17 infectious diseases
10.1101/2020.03.13.20034892 medRxiv
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As COVID-19 continues to spread, public health interventions are crucial to minimize its impact. The most desirable goal is to drive the pathogen quickly to extinction. This generally involves applying interventions as strongly as possible, which worked for SARS, but so far has failed for COVID-19. If fast eradication is not achievable, the next best goal is to delay the spread and minimize cases and burden on the health care system until suitable drugs or vaccines are available. This suppression approach also calls for strong interventions, potentially applied for a long time.

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