By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews

The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) started publishing “COVID-19: The CIDRAP Viewpoint.” They say they’ll be publishing 1-2 reports weekly stating, “We will address timely issues with straight talk and clarity. And the steps we will recommend will be based on our current reality and the best available data. Our goal is to help planners envision some of the situations that might present themselves later this year or next year so that they can take key steps now, while there’s still time.”

In this video report, I look at the 1st Viewpoint–“Epidemiologic Similarities, Differences Between COVID-19 and Pandemic Influenza”.

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