What Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Taught Us so Far? Addressing the Problem from a Hepatologist’s Perspective

Méndez-Sánchez, Nahum; Valencia-Rodríguez, Alejandro; Qi, Xingshun; Yoshida, Eric M.; Romero-Gómez, Manuel; George, Jacob; Eslam, Mohammed; Abenavoli, Ludovico; Xie, Weifen; Teschke, Rolf; Carrion, Andres F.; Keaveny, Andrew P.

We are experiencing the full impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on our countries, our profession, and our patients. As we meet this crisis head-on, the analysis of epidemiology data can provide a valuable tool to assess the current evolution of the COVID-19 outbreak worldwide and to evaluate the impact of the countermeasures adopted, leading to the development of appropriate healthcare policies, targeting precious resources and equipment to all the clinical situations we encounter. While we wait for advances in treating the virus and the development of a vaccine, changes in personal behavior and widely available testing for the virus could really make a difference in the outcomes for our patients and healthcare workers, while preventing further spread within our communities. In other words, "be safe and use common public health sense". We are all in this crisis together.