Tag: Pandemic planning

Once Upon a Time

November 12, 2020

There are so many documents written before 2020 based on public health evidence and advising pandemic response. I have previously shared the WHO Non Pharmaceutical Public Health Measures document. This week I came across this one: Johns Hopkins University: Preparedness for a High-Impact Respiratory Pathogen Pandemic Some quotes from this document provide useful insights. The … More Once Upon a Time

Evidence and Epicurves

August 8, 2020

Donald Henderson was an American Epidemiologist who led the World Health Organisation campaign that eradicated Smallpox.  This was a highly infectious disease with airborne transmission (meaning fine particles that remain suspended in the air for significant periods of time after they’ve been coughed out) as well as other transmission routes.  A comprehensive overview of the … More Evidence and Epicurves