Originally published as a letter in the BMJ, 24 March 2020: BMJ 2020; 368 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m1187 As a public health physician, I am increasingly concerned about the apparent failure to implement fundamental public health measures to tackle the covid-19 outbreak—specifically, community contact tracing, clinical…
We need hands-on public health expertise to tackle COVID-19
The government has released its scientific evidence, which sheds light on the fiasco and the catastrophe that is unfolding economically, socially, and health wise. It also highlights the lack of public health input and the decimation of the speciality and…