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E Jennifer Edelman1,2, Lydia Aoun-Barakat3, Merceditas Villanueva3
1Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, 367 Cedar Street, ES Harkness 401, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA. ejennifer.edelman@yale.edu.
Abstract:
The novel coronavirus 2019 illness (COVID-19) has completely transformed and uprooted lives across the globe. While different diseases, there are critical observations and lessons to be learned from the ongoing HIV epidemic to inform our response to COVID-19. We reflect on how this relates to (1) testing, including contact tracing; (2) health system redesign; (3) telehealth; (4) health disparities; (5) political denial, with inadequate and uncoordinated governmental response; (6) occupational exposure; and (7) complex reactions among healthcare providers. Decades of experiences with HIV provide an important framework for moving forward as we combat COVID-19.
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