Author: Handel, Andreas; Miller, Joel; Ge, Yang; Fung, Isaac Chun-Hai
Title: If long-term suppression is not possible, how do we minimize mortality for COVID-19 and other emerging infectious disease outbreaks? Cord-id: czpz3yh2 Document date: 2020_3_17
ID: czpz3yh2
Snippet: If COVID-19 containment policies fail and social distancing measures cannot be sustained until vaccines becomes available, the next best approach is to use interventions that reduce mortality and prevent excess infections while allowing low-risk individuals to acquire immunity through natural infection until population level immunity is achieved. In such a situation, allowing some infections to occur in lower-risk groups might lead to an overall greater reduction in mortality than trying to prot
Document: If COVID-19 containment policies fail and social distancing measures cannot be sustained until vaccines becomes available, the next best approach is to use interventions that reduce mortality and prevent excess infections while allowing low-risk individuals to acquire immunity through natural infection until population level immunity is achieved. In such a situation, allowing some infections to occur in lower-risk groups might lead to an overall greater reduction in mortality than trying to protect everyone equally.
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