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  • Epidemiology
  • Data Science

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  • Traditional infectious disease preparedness emphasizes surveillance and medical resources.
  • The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted limitations in current strategies, particularly concerning data practices and modeling.
  • There's a need to explore cognitive and epistemic dimensions of preparedness.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To reconceptualize preparedness in global health beyond 'crisis technologies'.
  • To examine lessons learned from COVID-19 regarding data practices and statistical modeling.
  • To propose a framework for epistemic preparedness in managing future disease outbreaks.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of data collection, sharing, and modeling practices during recent outbreaks.
  • Inquiry into alternative data practices and complex epidemiological framings.
  • Examination of colonial legacies and national limitations in epidemiological reasoning.

Main Results:

  • Current preparedness strategies are often conceptually inflexible, relying on reductive 'crisis technologies'.
  • There are significant challenges in data collection, sharing, and outbreak modeling.
  • Addressing colonial legacies and national limitations is essential for equitable epidemiological reasoning.

Conclusions:

  • Epistemic preparedness, focusing on cognitive and data-related aspects, is vital for future disease outbreak management.
  • A more diverse, equitable, and inclusive approach to preparedness, encompassing both 'stocktaking' and 'stockpiling', is necessary.
  • Reconfiguring our cognitive toolkit for global health challenges provides a reliable foundation for resilience.