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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 321-322 |
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| Winning Together: “C3–T2” Updated COVID-19 Infographic |
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Stanislaw P Stawicki1, Annelies L de Wulf2, Thomas J Papadimos3, Nicholas Taylor1, Michael S Firstenberg4, Sagar C Galwankar5
1 Department of Research and Innovation, St. Luke’s University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA
2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
3 Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA
4 William Novick Global Cardiac Alliance, Memphis, TN, USA
5 Department of Emergency Medicine, Florida State University, Sarasota, FL, USA
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| Date of Web Publication | 7-Dec-2020 |
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How to cite this article:
Stawicki SP, de Wulf AL, Papadimos TJ, Taylor N, Firstenberg MS, Galwankar SC. Winning Together: “C3–T2” Updated COVID-19 Infographic. J Emerg Trauma Shock 2020;13:321-2 |
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Stawicki SP, de Wulf AL, Papadimos TJ, Taylor N, Firstenberg MS, Galwankar SC. Winning Together: “C3–T2” Updated COVID-19 Infographic. J Emerg Trauma Shock [serial online] 2020 [cited 2021 Jan 18];13:321-2. Available from: https://www.onlinejets.org/text.asp?2020/13/4/321/302528 |
To achieve the planetary goal of extinguishing the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a simplified set of recommendations, build upon our previously published guidelines,[1] is presented here. The current update expands on the cumulative experience of the most successful public health systems around the globe.[2],[3],[4],[5] The simplified paradigm is called “C3–T2” and highlights the importance of facial coverage (e.g., mask wearing) and the avoidance of environments or circumstances where the risk of viral transmission is highest (e.g., crowds, closed spaces, and close interpersonal contacts). In addition, our public health message emphasizes contact tracing and universal COVID-19 testing, with appropriate isolation measures for those who test positive and those at risk of positive conversion.[5],[6],[7] It is critically important that these measures are followed before, during, and for a significant period after the dissemination of any upcoming vaccines (e.g., complacency in this critical sphere will likely result in potentially preventable morbidity and mortality).
As always, we encourage readers to stay informed, follow local institutional leadership and guidelines, embrace cooperation and collaborative approaches, the use of point-of-care testing and telemedicine, and think critically to “disarm” any harmful (and potentially politicized) medical disinformation.[8],[9],[10],[11] We are getting closer to defeating the international health security threat of COVID-19. Please help do your part!
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Conflicts of interest
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| 9. | Stawicki SP, Firstenberg , Papadimos TJ. The Growing Role of Social Media in International Health Security: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, in Global Health Security. Cham, Switzerland: Springer; 2020. p. 341-57. |
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Correspondence Address:
Stanislaw P Stawicki
Department of Research and Innovation, St. Luke’s University Health Network, 801 Ostrum Street, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015
USA
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DOI: 10.4103/0974-2700.302528
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