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International Journal of Public Health and Safety

ISSN: 2736-6189

Open Access

Gemma Green

Orthopaedic Department, Croydon University Hospital, 530 London Road, Croydon, CR7 7YE, United Kingdom

Publications
  • Mini Review   
    The Timeline Of a Pandemic: Have We Learned Anything in 102 Years?
    Author(s): Gemma Green*, Irrum Afzal and Sarkhell Radha

    George Satayana stated that “those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it”. As our UK “good outcome” death toll of 20,000 from coronavirus (SARS CoV-2/COVID-19) in 2020 has sadly been surpassed; never has a phrase been more pertinent. The last major pandemic on a similar scale to COVID-19 is “Spanish Flu” from 1918. We aim to delineate the timeline of events in response to the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic and compare this to the timeline of COVID 19 response, given that the NHS and WHO have since both been long established. In the last 102 years many changes have occurred. Health services across the world have significantly improved, with the advent of mechanical ventilation and antimicrobial treatments. Vaccination programmes against common pathogens have prevented many large-scale disease threats; however novel.. Read More»
    DOI: 10.37421/2736-6189.2020.5.203

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