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My experiences of nursing home outbreaks-why do they get so bad?Firstly increases in community transmission lead to staff or visitors getting infected. Who then bring it to work. Covid-19 is

There is a fatal lack of understanding in how contact tracing is being managed in this pandemic.So I will explain.John feels unwell on Monday, contacts his GP, gets a swab

In my area I am responsible for workplace cases of COVID and managing outbreaks.It's interesting that the perception is that Public Health want to close businesses down.My job is to

1.Public health in Ireland is at a crossroads.We are the midst of what is likely to be long slog with COVID-19.This pandemic has shone a harsh light on the chronic

1. A lot of discussion about the need to balance the economy and also public health in decision making.Public health consultants understand this very well. A poor economy is bad

1. This is an interesting time for the Evidence Based Medicine movement.New virus and lots of new treatments and public health measures being touted.We're all desperate for solutions and are

1. As promised, a thread on what we are doing in public health departments during this COVID-19 pandemic. From the beginning we were responsible for our own regional contact tracing.