Four key problems that will need to be addressed during the next pandemic
© Royal College of Physicians 2023. All rights reserved..
In June 2023, the UK began official hearings for its independent investigation into pandemic preparedness. Thus far, the inquiry has been told that planning has been wholly inadequate and that a future outbreak is inevitable. We present here four key problems that contributed to significant morbidity and mortality during the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic over the past 3 years in the UK - and which will contribute to excess morbidity and mortality in the next outbreak. First, there was misunderstanding about what procedures were deemed as aerosol generating. Aerosol transmission has always been a component of respiratory viruses; however, no specific aerosol-generating procedures are required to transmit any respiratory pathogens over long distances. Second, policy-makers were too binary in their answers to the public in terms of questions about severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This meant that, as evidence evolved and different conclusions were drawn, the public lost faith in both the UK Government and science. Third, public health guidance did not take into account that certain groups would be impacted differentially by public health guidelines and instead used a one-size-fits-all approach to non-pharmaceutical interventions. Finally, there was worsening of existing inequalities, especially in ethnic minority groups, that resulted in excessive numbers within certain cohorts becoming infected.
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2023 |
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2023 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23 |
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Clinical medicine (London, England) - 23(2023), 5 vom: 04. Sept., Seite 527-530 |
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Englisch |
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| Beteiligte Personen: |
Pan, Daniel [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Completed 04.10.2023 Date Revised 26.04.2024 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
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10.7861/clinmed.2023-0283 |
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