IDSA Experts Offer Credible Information to the Public as COVID-19 Outbreak Continues
With nearly constant news coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak, the public interest and concern remains high and IDSA experts continue to answer questions and calm fears through media interviews. A recent NPR article examined the similarities between COVID-19 and “Contagion,” a 2011 film about a global virus outbreak that originates in Hong Kong. IDSA spokesperson Amesh Adalja, MD, FIDSA offered credible insight as myths about the outbreak continue to swirl. “Before transmission can occur, a virus that has entered cells in the body needs to make so many copies of itself that it reaches a threshold that activates the immune system to initiate coughing and sneezing,” he said.
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- New York Times: China Tightens Wuhan Lockdown in ‘Wartime’ Battle With Coronavirus (Thomas File, M.D., FIDSA)
- Philadelphia Inquirer: With viruses like flu and coronavirus, pneumonia often delivers the fatal blow (Amesh Adalja, M.D., FIDSA)
- Chicago Tribune: Containing coronavirus: Public health officials learned from previous outbreaks how to stop spread (Maximo Brito, M.D., FIDSA)
- Politico: U.S. labs start tests on Wuhan coronavirus provided by CDC (Andy Pavia, M.D., FIDSA)
- Medpage Today: GI Symptoms May Be Overlooked in Coronavirus Cases (Susan Kline, M.D., FIDSA)
- Kaiser Health News: To Fight Chinese Outbreak, Doctors Deploy Drugs Targeting HIV, Malaria And Ebola (Rajesh Gandhi, M.D., FIDSA)
- Bloomberg News: S. Readies for Coronavirus Pandemic Some Experts Now See as Likely (Amesh Adalja M.D., FIDSA)
- Buzzfeed News: Shoddy Coronavirus Studies Are Going Viral And Stoking Panic (Amesh Adalja, M.D., FIDSA)
- HealthDay: Coronavirus in America: Keep Your Panic in Check (Amesh Adalja, M.D., FIDSA)
- Mindbodygreen: Common Myths About The New Coronavirus, Debunked By An Expert (Amesh Adalja M.D., FIDSA)
- Newsy: As Coronavirus Spreads, Trump Proposes Public Health Funding Cuts (Amanda Jezek)
- STAT News: Experts envision two scenarios if the new coronavirus isn’t contained (Amesh Adalja, M.D., FIDSA and Susan Kline, M.D., FIDSA)
- Picked up by: PBS News Hour
- Yahoo Finance: Infectious diseases expert on China virus outbreak (Amesh Adalja, M.D., FIDSA)
- Infectious Disease News/Healio.com: Q&A: HELP Act Would Repay Loans For HIV Workforce (Melanie Thompson, M.D. FIDSA)
- Infectious Diseases in Children/Healio.com: Proposed US Budget Cuts Could Have ‘Disastrous’ Effect On Global Health (Amanda Jezek, IDSA Staff)