Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control | Our reflections on IPC based on clinical microbiology, epidemiology, science &
Meandering through infectious disease epidemiology and public health
Another week has passed, and the infection curve in the United States continues to increase. How we can even be in this situation is baffling, given the massive investment and research on emerging infectious diseases and other biological threats that preceded this pandemic. Equally baffling is the narrative -- founded in misinformation, disinformation, and agenda -- perpetrated on the American people. The charade is exemplified over and over. Today's act unfolded in a Senate hearing on hydroxychloroquine ,
States are showing the strain. In Ohio, for example, the state's disease reporting and information system has buckled . Citizens cannot now be confident, at least at the moment, in the data published on disease incidence. The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (2006) was to, among other things, “Establish a near real-time electronic nationwide public health situational awareness capability through an interoperable network of systems to share data and information to enhance early detection of, rapid r
Reflections on Infection Prevention and Control | Our reflections on IPC based on clinical microbiology, epidemiology, science &