COVID-19: What is different in our understanding of this pandemic to the accepted wisdom in the spring of 2020?

Healthcare IT News October 19, 2020
Charles Alessi

As we have heard repeatedly over the past few months, there is a need to think of managing this pandemic in the same way we prepare for a marathon rather than a sprint, says Dr Charles Alessi, chief clinical officer, HIMSS.

Adopting this approach occasionally may lead us to think that we all need to re-evaluate what lessons we think we have learnt, as what may seem like success in the short-term may not seem quite as successful in the longer-term as the pandemic goes through a series of waves.

So, what have we really learnt about the virus and how it is transmitted and behaves?

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