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I published a paper on outbreaks in a hospital setting and the problem is there is not a single RCT on methods to stop outbreaks. The problem is no organizatio
by giarc 7y ago
I published a paper on outbreaks in a hospital setting and the problem is there is not a single RCT on methods to stop outbreaks. The problem is no organization is willing to approve a trial where you don't follow your protocols and commonly accepted methods to control the spread (ex. closing common areas, isolating patients, cohorting staff, enhanced cleaning). There is a good blog post about 'Riding the Wave' that basically says that perhaps the outbreak would have ended itself and we simply just take credit saying "what we did worked" but in reality we'll never know.
- robocat 7y agoSouth Korea got their infections down and their economy isn’t in the toilet. Compare to Italy’s reactive policy and subsequent failure. Or look to Taiwan and Japan with economies running and infection rates under control (at present). Your “perhaps the outbreak would have ended itself” will be shown to be false in multiple countries that lack the resources to manage their infection transmission rates... We have heard of Iran, but wait until we find out what happens in other poor countries...