Boston University epidemiologist Dr. Eleanor Murray speaks on COVID-19 and endemicity

...EM: This is hugely problematic. It’s almost akin to the weather station saying that they’re not going to track storm cells anymore, and they’re no longer going to issue tornado warnings. And then states say that they’re no longer going to investigate casualties following tornadoes.

I think people would be horrified. The government’s job is to track weather systems, warn when things are about to get worse, and then look for and provide support to people who are injured or have died following a natural disaster.

But for some reason, people seem to think that with COVID they can bury their head in the sand and pretend tornadoes don’t exist, and then it’ll just pass right by them, and they’ll be fine. And that’s not true. We need the information, and we need the data to figure out, know where to target resources, and target early warning...

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