Accurate Statistics on COVID-19 Are Essential for Policy Guidance and Decisions
Neil Pearce, Jan P. Vandenbroucke, Tyler J. VanderWeele, Sander Greenland
Abstract
Disease surveillance forms the basis for response to epidemics. COVID-19 provides a modern example of why the classic mantra of “person, place, and time” remains crucial: epidemic control requires ...
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