不要假装COVID-19没有发生
1Maria D. Van Kerkhove is a director at the World Health Organization, leading the Department of Epidemic and Pandemic Threat Management, and serves as the COVID-19 Technical Lead and Emergency Manager in the Health Emergencies Programme, Geneva, Switzerland.
概括
政府和个人可能希望忘记COVID-19大流行,但从这一全球健康危机中吸取教训至关重要. 集体失忆会阻碍我们为未来的传染病威胁和流行病做好准备.
科学领域:
- 全球卫生安全
- 流行病学
- 公共卫生政策
背景情况:
- 2019年底在中国武汉爆发的COVID-19疫情造成了前所未有的全球性破坏.
- 有历史上的相似之处,比如20世纪20年代社会渴望忘记1918年流感大流行.
- 长期存在的经济,社会和政治影响凸显了疫情的深远影响.
研究的目的:
- 强调从COVID-19大流行中吸取教训.
- 在全球卫生危机中反对集体遗忘.
- 强调为未来的流行病准备制度化最佳实践的重要性.
主要方法:
- 本摘要只是一个评论,并没有提出具体的经验方法.
- 它基于对COVID-19大流行影响的历史分析和反思.
- 这种方法包括从过去和现在的全球健康事件中吸取教训.
主要成果:
- 全球发生重大传染病事件,导致广泛的社会关闭.
- 疫情造成了深刻而持久的经济,社会和政治后果.
- 有可能重演历史模式, 遗忘毁灭性流行病.
结论:
- 忘记COVID-19大流行,会危及未来应对传染病威胁的准备.
- 积极的最佳实践制度化对于全球卫生安全至关重要.
- 从这次疫情中吸取教训是非常重要的, 以免在接下来的全球卫生危机中失去准备.
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