Article
The role of epidemiologists in communicating SARS-CoV-2 evidence: a call for adopting standards
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SMITH, Meredith Y. et al. The role of epidemiologists in communicating SARS-CoV-2 evidence: a call for adopting standards. International Journal of Epidemiology, v. 50, n. 5, p. 1410-1415, 28 June 2021.
0300-5771
10.1093/ije/dyab128
1464-3685
Autor
Smith, Meredith Y.
Bahri, Priya
Gaudino Jr., James A.
Moreira, Rafael S.
Danyluk, Gregory M.
Palevsky, Sheila L.
Resumen
By mid-April 2021, the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 had infected an estimated 141 million people worldwide and had killed over 3 million, with a disproportionate number of deaths occurring among those with limited access to high quality health care, education and other important community resources.1 Whereas scientific understanding of the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to accrue, one known fact is that the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 depends on human behaviour. Experts agree that successfully quelling this pandemic will require broad and sustained adoption of both protective personal and protective social behaviours (e.g. social distancing, mask wearing, hand washing) and high vaccine uptake as recommended by public health authorities.2 Collectively, these represent ambitious public health goals that will require an unprecedented degree of cooperation from both individuals and communities, cooperation that will depend in large part upon informed decision making and willingness to practise protective behaviours including undergoing vaccination.