Mitigation Strategies

CP: Until the surge last April, India was doing a good job of containing the epidemic. What was it doing right?

SR: I believe the most important thing India did right at the beginning was to impose a strict lockdown early on, when...

Since the beginning of the crisis, there have been two strategies at work around the world to defeat COVID: Zero COVID and vaccines as part of the mitigation strategy. Instead of pitting them against each other, we can mix them to really...

CP: What brought the Wuhan outbreak to your attention so early on, when most of the world remained unaware of the danger? 

MR: It was no coincidence. At the time, I was deeply immersed in the study of possible threats the Israeli...

Below is a script of the interview of Dr. Carlos Gershenson on El Heraldo Noticias con Jesús Martín Mendoza. The script has been translated and edited for clarity.

Jesus Martin Mendoza (JMM): How will this third wave of...

To:The Rt Hon Gavin Williamson MP Secretary of State for Education Department for Education 20 Great Smith Street London   SW1P 3BT

We are extremely concerned at reports that the government plans to stop...

Covid ist eine schwere Krankheit - Eine Infektion mit diesem Virus kann schwerwiegende Folgen haben, einschließlich Krankenhausaufenthalt, Tod und Behinderung durch Long-Covid. Selbst so genannte "milde Fälle", bei denen kein...

Roadmap to Eliminating COVID-19 in 5-6 Weeks Through the Zero COVID Strategy.

INTRODUCTION

Towns, cities, provinces, and countries can eliminate coronavirus in 5-6 weeks through the Zero COVID strategy, even without the...

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Why COVID Matters

COVID is a Severe Disease - Infection with this virus can have serious consequences including hospitalization, death, and disability from long COVID. Even so-called “mild cases”...

https://www.who.int/teams/global-influenza-programme/public-health-preparedness

The draft of the World Health Organization’s “Respiratory Pathogens: pandemic preparedness guidance” provides a framework and outlines core capacities...

The John Snow Memorandum calls for controlling community spread of COVID-19, allowing life to quickly return to near-normal. Dozens of countries are succeeding at containing COVID-19 already.

The case for No-COVID: “After more...