Better Prepare Than React: Reordering Public Health Priorities 100 Years After the Spanish Flu Epidemic.

• Autores: Michael Greenberger
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 108, Nº. 11, 2018, págs. 1465-1468
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This commentary argues that 100 years after the deadly Spanish flu, the public health emergency community's responses to much more limited pandemics and outbreaks demonstrate a critical shortage of personnel and resources. Rather than relying on nonpharmaceutical interventions, such as quarantine, the United States must reorder its health priorities to ensure adequate preparation for a large-scale pandemic.;