Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-6-2022
DOI
10.1001/jama.2021.24394
Abstract
On December 31, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in China reported novel “viral pneumonias of unknown cause” in Wuhan, but China did not confirm case clusters until January 3, 2020. Two years later, more than 285 million cases and 5.4 million deaths have been reported. As of December 2021, more than 800 000 COVID-19 deaths have occurred in the US, surpassing the 675 446 total deaths that occurred during the great influenza pandemic of 1918. The COVID-19 pandemic reduced global economic growth by an estimated 3.2% in 2020, with trade declining by 5.3%; an estimated 75 million people entered extreme poverty, with 80 million more undernourished compared with prepandemic levels.1 Although the COVID-19 and 1918 influenza pandemics stand alone in morbidity and mortality, evidence suggests the frequency of infectious disease emergencies will increase. What lessons does COVID-19 teach to advance preparedness, detection, and response?
Publication Citation
The Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 327, Issue 3, 217-218.
Scholarly Commons Citation
Nuzzo, Jennifer B. and Gostin, Lawrence O., "The First 2 Years of COVID-19: Lessons to Improve Preparedness for the Next Pandemic" (2022). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 2432.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/2432