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    Whether we're winning or losing against COVID-19 | Marc Lipsitch (2020)

    Marc Lipsitch, Rob Whitman

    Mark Lipsitch and other epidemiological experts analyze the US pandemic response, critiquing strategic failures like delayed testing and flawed modeling while highlighting the importance of sustainable field infrastructure and faster grant cycles. The discussion outlines evidence-based recommendations for future preparedness, including massive testing scale-ups, ethical human challenge trials, and the need for a peacetime ecosystem of researchers capable of pivoting to new threats. Additionally, the event provides career guidance for quantitative specialists and announces the rescheduling of the Effective Altruism Global conference to a virtual format featuring consensus-based policy guidelines.

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