[COVID-19. History repeats itself and we keep stumbling on the same stone]

Semergen. 2020 Aug:46 Suppl 1:48-54. doi: 10.1016/j.semerg.2020.06.008. Epub 2020 Jun 19.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a mismatch in all health systems. Most countries had forgotten how to behave in the face of such an epidemic without adequate resources. We need to take stock of everything that has happened, instruct the population and generate a new knowledge that allows us to face new epidemics.

La pandemia por COVID-19 ha provocado un desajuste en todos los sistemas de salud. La mayoría de los países habían olvidado cómo comportarse ante una epidemia de estas características sin disponer de los recursos adecuados. Es preciso realizar un balance de todo lo sucedido, instruir a la población y generar un nuevo conocimiento que nos permita afrontar nuevas epidemias.

Keywords: COVID-19; Estrategias; Mitigación; Mitigation; Pandemia; Pandemic; SARS-CoV-2; Strategies.

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
  • Disease Outbreaks / history
  • History, 17th Century
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Pandemics / prevention & control*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
  • Spain / epidemiology