Unknowns around SARS-CoV-2 + surgery (not in order):

1. should SARS-CoV-2 patients undergo surgery? @CovidSurg data suggest it is about the patient risk, not the specific operation. Recent tweets highlight we need to do further analyses here, urgently. @dnepo

2. safest time delay between SARS-CoV-2+ diagnosis and surgery. Data on previous symptomatic and asymptomatic status need to be compared separately. Is it like a normal pneumonia?

3. We need to get elective surgery moving again, and we can't keep stopping.
-Where should we provide surgery?
-What are the key 'safe' components?
-Who are the low risk patients and procedures, that can keep going even if COVID+ rates increase?

4. testing. surgeons need to know their community COVID+ rate and adjust preop strategies based on these. @CovidSurg data on testing being analysed. @DrJamesGlasbey @OmarMOmar15

5. did we stop lap surgery? did we create stomas? did open surgery during COVID+ peaks lead to more postop pneumonias? What do we do next time? @JoanaffSimoes @yanelizabethli

we need to get surgery moving, especially electively, but we need to be prepared for future pandemics. Surgery is at risk of bring forgotten: not part of the general recovery commissions despite underpinning UHC + SDG3. @TheLancet @richardhorton1