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ArticleFrontiers in public health2023

Interrogating the lack of diversity of thought in the pandemic response that led to mistakes - holistic evidence-based approach to deal with future pandemics.

Colleen Aldous, Hendrik G Kruger

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Colleen AldousNelson R Mandela School of Clinical Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Hendrik G KrugerSchool of Health Sciences, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic, triggered by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), rapidly became a worldwide emergency. How it was managed garnered both commendation and vehement censure. This crisis profoundly affected healthcare, the economy, education, and public confidence in scientific endeavors. Our primary aim was to scrutinize the shortcomings in the pandemic management and to articulate a more effective strategy for handling prospective pandemics. We delved into the errors encountered in the COVID-19 response and posited a holistic, evidence-grounded approach for future pandemic mitigation.

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COVID-19PandemicsEducational StatusHumansProspective StudiesSARS-CoV-2COVID-19evidence based medicineholistic healthholistic managementlockdownspandemic management

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PMID38192553
PMCPMC10771982

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