scholarly journals Back to the Future: Lessons Learned From the 1918 Influenza Pandemic

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsty R. Short ◽  
Katherine Kedzierska ◽  
Carolien E. van de Sandt
Keyword(s):  
Influenza Pandemic ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
The Future ◽  
1918 Influenza

scholarly journals The 1918 influenza pandemic: Lessons for 2009 and the future

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. e10-e20 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Morens ◽  
Jeffery K. Taubenberger ◽  
Hillery A. Harvey ◽  
Matthew J. Memoli
Keyword(s):  
Influenza Pandemic ◽  
The Future ◽  
1918 Influenza

scholarly journals Lessons Learned from Reconstructing the 1918 Influenza Pandemic

2006 ◽  
Vol 194 (s2) ◽  
pp. S127-S132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adolfo García‐Sastre ◽  
Richard J. Whitley
Keyword(s):  
Influenza Pandemic ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
1918 Influenza

scholarly journals Genome sequencing and its use in public health responses to COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
John-Sebastian Eden
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Genome Sequencing ◽  
Influenza Pandemic ◽  
Disease Outbreaks ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Infectious Disease Outbreaks ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
1918 Influenza

Human history has been shaped by the heavy burden of infectious disease pandemics. Yet, despite the bitter lessons learned from history, even those in living memory such as the 1918 influenza pandemic and HIV/AIDS epidemic, COVID-19 stands unique in the sudden, immense health and economic impacts to the global human population. While the costs have been great, and the long-term consequences are still being revealed, the urgent need for action has also brought forward rapid developments and innovations to combat COVID-19 and better prepare us for future infectious disease outbreaks. One such area has been the widespread adoption of whole genome sequencing to inform public health responses. Genome sequencing during the COVID-19 pandemic has become key to tracking the spread of SARS-CoV-2 at all scales, to such a degree that terms such as genomics, mutations, variants and clusters are now common vernacular to politicians, health officials and the general public. This article provides a commentary on the genesis and evolution of SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing, and its critical on-going role in the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals COVID-19 and the 1918 influenza pandemics: a concise overview and lessons from the past

Open Health ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-49
Author(s):  
Madiha Asghar ◽  
Misbahud Din ◽  
Abdul Waris ◽  
Muhammad Talha Yaseen ◽  
Tanzeel Zohra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Influenza Pandemic ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
World Health ◽  
Suitable Model ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
1918 Influenza ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Second Wave

Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), was first reported in December, 2019, in Wuhan, China. Even the public health sector experts could not anticipate that the virus would spread rapidly to create the worst worldwide crisis in more than a century. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a public health emergency on January 30, 2020, but it was not until March 11, 2020 that the WHO declared it a global pandemic. The epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 is different from the SARS coronavirus outbreak in 2002 and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in 2012; therefore, neither SARS nor MERS could be used as a suitable model for foreseeing the future of the current pandemic. The influenza pandemic of 1918 could be referred to in order to understand and control the COVID-19 pandemic. Although influenza and the SARS-CoV-2 are from different families of viruses, they are similar in that both silently attacked the world and the societal and political responses to both pandemics have been very much alike. Previously, the 1918 influenza pandemic and unpredictability of the second wave caused distress among people as the first wave of that outbreak (so-called Spanish flu) proved to be relatively mild compared to a much worse second wave, followed by smaller waves. As of April, 2021, the second wave of COVID-19 has occurred around the globe, and future waves may also be expected, if the total population of the world is not vaccinated. This article aims to highlight the key similarities and differences in both pandemics. Similarly, lessons from the previous pan-demics and various possibilities for the future course of COVID-19 are also highlighted.

Adapting Tactical Military Structures to the Current and Future Operational Environments

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-162
Author(s):  
Paul Tudorache ◽  
Lucian Ispas
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Organizational Adaptation ◽  
Common Denominator ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
The Future ◽  
Military Units

AbstractUsing the lessons learned from recent military operations such as Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) from Syria and Iraq, we proposed to investigate the need for tactical military units to adapt operationally to grapple with the most common requirements specific to current operational environments, but also for those that can be foreseen in the future. In this regard, by identifying the best practices in the field that can be met at the level of some important armies, such as USA and UK, we will try to determine a common denominator of most important principles whose application may facilitate both operational and organizational adaptation necessary for tactical military units to perform missions and tasks in the most unknown future operational environments.

Lessons Learned after a Decade of Collaborative Nutrient Removal Research: What’s in the Future?

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (5) ◽  
pp. 615-623
Author(s):  
JB Neethling ◽  
David Clark ◽  
David Stensel ◽  
Julian Sandino ◽  
Roy Tsuchihashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nutrient Removal ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
The Future
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