The following is a statement about the COVID-19 pandemic from the National organization of SFTP. It was initially posted here. SftP Statement on COVID-19 Pandemic The COVID-19 Pandemic has generated multiple crises across healthcare, economic, and social systems in the…
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COVID-19 Pandemic Response
The spread of COVID-19 is now considered a global pandemic. In the United States, the particulars of how the disease spreads (long and contagious incubation period when infected individuals do not show symptoms), combined with a delayed response to presumptive cases, has made it infeasible to “contain” the outbreak by tracing and quarantining all of…
What can we learn from the outbreak in Italy
At the moment of this writing (Sunday March 15th 2020), Italy is the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. The numbers coming out of Italy are simply staggering: 175 deaths and 3500 new confirmed infections just yesterday. These statistics are more shocking when considering that this situation came to be in just a month. In early…