Elimination could be the optimal response strategy for covid-19 and other emerging pandemic diseases
Michael G. Baker, Nick Wilson, Tony Blakely
Abstract
<b>Michael Baker and colleagues</b> argue that aiming for elimination of community transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus could offer important advantages over a suppression or mitigation strategy with ongoing transmission
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