Sunday, May 17, 2020

Africa can teach us how to fight Pandemics

In an Article in the New Yorker by Jina Moore, she talks about how African countries are dealing with Pandemics. There are  rules
A. Think of disease spread as a web.
B. Protect self & others: 
1.  Practice hygeine, wash wear PPE.
2. Get people to take self isolation seriously.
C. Use Science: Contact trace, test, verify, isolate.
Follow the process;
1. Screen/ test people entering the country or a place of business.
2. Self Isolate/quarantine suspects, 
3. separate unconfirmed from confirmed infected and each other.
4. Trace & clear contacts, test them.
5. Isolate til cleared. Self isolate/quarantine contacts while testing.
6. Use the antibody testing & random testing to find & focus on emerging hot spots.
7. Verify results test & improve efforts.
This article in the WAPO, also. 
They think it could be stopped by July. I think that won't happen becuse of Don the incompetent con!


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