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What to Think About Once We Start Containment

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Apr 15, 2020 | Archives

As the number of cases of COVID-19 decreases in communities, public health officials will move from mitigation to containment techniques to further control the pandemic. This shift in focus requires a broad program of contact tracing to identify people who have been...

We Need Data

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Apr 13, 2020 | Archives

As the SAR-CoV-2 virus follows its destiny around the world working to upend all that we know as normal, public health officials, scientists, politicians, journalists, and citizens realize the only way they can effectively battle the virus is through the use of data....

COVID-19 Pandemic: Optimistic Heart and Worrying Head

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Apr 9, 2020 | Archives

[DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS] Every day around noon Governor Cuomo gives his daily briefing on the state of the pandemic in New York. His recent remarks express a cautious optimism that the outbreak is slowing as indicated by a smaller increase in the projected...

Not the Time to Ease Up

by Barry P Chaiken, MD | Apr 5, 2020 | Archives

[DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS] As New York City approaches the apex of the COVID-19 outbreak, some might think that what is happening there applies to their own community. This is far from the truth. While NYC sees its rate of infections slowing down and discharges...