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COVID-19 versus seasonal influenza 2019–2020: USA

Severe mitigation efforts in the USA to reduce the incidence of COVID-19 infections have led to a massive rise in unemployment, social disruption, and appear to be leading to a severe economic depression. In contrast, no such interventions were regarded as necessary to manage seasonal influenza in 2...

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Autor principal: Wormser, Gary P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Vienna 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7276496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32514623
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00508-020-01685-y
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description Severe mitigation efforts in the USA to reduce the incidence of COVID-19 infections have led to a massive rise in unemployment, social disruption, and appear to be leading to a severe economic depression. In contrast, no such interventions were regarded as necessary to manage seasonal influenza in 2019–2020. Another mitigation approach is proposed for COVID-19 that would allow society to function and yet should still be effective.
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spelling pubmed-72764962020-06-08 COVID-19 versus seasonal influenza 2019–2020: USA Wormser, Gary P. Wien Klin Wochenschr Main Topic Severe mitigation efforts in the USA to reduce the incidence of COVID-19 infections have led to a massive rise in unemployment, social disruption, and appear to be leading to a severe economic depression. In contrast, no such interventions were regarded as necessary to manage seasonal influenza in 2019–2020. Another mitigation approach is proposed for COVID-19 that would allow society to function and yet should still be effective. Springer Vienna 2020-06-08 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7276496/ /pubmed/32514623 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00508-020-01685-y Text en © Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria, part of Springer Nature 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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