why elimination should be the default global strategy for future pandemics
- Written by: Michael Baker, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
Getty ImagesImagine it is 2030. Doctors in a regional hospital in country X note an expanding cluster of individuals with severe respiratory disease. Rapid whole-genome sequencing identifies the disease-causing agent as a novel coronavirus.
Epidemiological investigations suggest the virus is highly infectious, with most initial cases requiring...
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