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“Salus Populi Suprema Lex”: Considerations on the Initial Response of the United Kingdom to the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
In several countries worldwide, the initial response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been heavily criticized by general public, media, and healthcare professionals, as well as being an acrimonious topic in the political debate. The present article elaborates on some aspects of the United...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8514989/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34660502 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.646285 |
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author | Favi, Evaldo Leonardis, Francesca Manzia, Tommaso Maria Angelico, Roberta Alalawi, Yousof Alfieri, Carlo Cacciola, Roberto |
author_facet | Favi, Evaldo Leonardis, Francesca Manzia, Tommaso Maria Angelico, Roberta Alalawi, Yousof Alfieri, Carlo Cacciola, Roberto |
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description | In several countries worldwide, the initial response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been heavily criticized by general public, media, and healthcare professionals, as well as being an acrimonious topic in the political debate. The present article elaborates on some aspects of the United Kingdom (UK) primary reaction to SARS-CoV-2 pandemic; specifically, from February to July 2020. The fact that the UK showed the highest mortality rate in Western Europe following the first wave of COVID-19 certainly has many contributing causes; each deserves an accurate analysis. We focused on three specific points that have been insofar not fully discussed in the UK and not very well known outside the British border: clinical governance, access to hospital care or intensive care unit, and implementation of non-pharmaceutical interventions. The considerations herein presented on these fundamental matters will likely contribute to a wider and positive discussion on public health, in the context of an unprecedented crisis. |
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spelling | pubmed-85149892021-10-15 “Salus Populi Suprema Lex”: Considerations on the Initial Response of the United Kingdom to the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Favi, Evaldo Leonardis, Francesca Manzia, Tommaso Maria Angelico, Roberta Alalawi, Yousof Alfieri, Carlo Cacciola, Roberto Front Public Health Public Health In several countries worldwide, the initial response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been heavily criticized by general public, media, and healthcare professionals, as well as being an acrimonious topic in the political debate. The present article elaborates on some aspects of the United Kingdom (UK) primary reaction to SARS-CoV-2 pandemic; specifically, from February to July 2020. The fact that the UK showed the highest mortality rate in Western Europe following the first wave of COVID-19 certainly has many contributing causes; each deserves an accurate analysis. We focused on three specific points that have been insofar not fully discussed in the UK and not very well known outside the British border: clinical governance, access to hospital care or intensive care unit, and implementation of non-pharmaceutical interventions. The considerations herein presented on these fundamental matters will likely contribute to a wider and positive discussion on public health, in the context of an unprecedented crisis. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8514989/ /pubmed/34660502 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.646285 Text en Copyright © 2021 Favi, Leonardis, Manzia, Angelico, Alalawi, Alfieri and Cacciola. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Favi, Evaldo Leonardis, Francesca Manzia, Tommaso Maria Angelico, Roberta Alalawi, Yousof Alfieri, Carlo Cacciola, Roberto “Salus Populi Suprema Lex”: Considerations on the Initial Response of the United Kingdom to the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic |
title | “Salus Populi Suprema Lex”: Considerations on the Initial Response of the United Kingdom to the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic |
title_full | “Salus Populi Suprema Lex”: Considerations on the Initial Response of the United Kingdom to the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic |
title_fullStr | “Salus Populi Suprema Lex”: Considerations on the Initial Response of the United Kingdom to the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | “Salus Populi Suprema Lex”: Considerations on the Initial Response of the United Kingdom to the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic |
title_short | “Salus Populi Suprema Lex”: Considerations on the Initial Response of the United Kingdom to the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic |
title_sort | “salus populi suprema lex”: considerations on the initial response of the united kingdom to the sars-cov-2 pandemic |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8514989/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34660502 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.646285 |
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