Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

March 18, 2020

If Containment is not possible, how do we minimize mortality for COVID-19 and other emerging infectious disease outbreaks?

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  • If containment and social distancing measures cannot be sustained, it may be necessary to move towards herd immunity and allow some SARS-CoV-2 infections to occur, and prioritize interventions that protect vulnerable populations from getting infected. 
  • The authors discuss how school closures potentially reduces infections in low risk groups while shifting the burden to the higher risk groups. 

Handel et al. (March 17, 2020). If Containment is not possible, how do we minimize mortality for COVID-19 and other emerging infectious disease outbreaks? Pre-print downloaded Mar 18 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.13.20034892