Giacomo Grasselli, MD; Antonio Pesenti, MD; Maurizio Cecconi, MD
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JAMA. 2020;323(16):1545-1546. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.4031
This Viewpoint describes the organization of a regional ICU network in Lombardy, Italy, to handle the surge in patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) who require intensive care and uses demand experience in the first 2 weeks of the outbreak to estimate resources required in coming weeks.
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Coronavirus in Italy鈥擱eport From the Front Lines
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Coronavirus in Italy鈥擱eport From the Front Lines
Lawrence O. Gostin, JD; James G. Hodge Jr, JD, LLM; Lindsay F. Wiley, JD, MPH
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JAMA. 2020;323(16):1547-1548. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.4335
This Viewpoint reviews legal powers the US president and state governors have to implement travel and other restrictions to control the spread of coronavirus, and discusses the need to balance rights to privacy and liberty with public health in ways that do not disadvantage already vulnerable populations.
Joost Hopman, MD, PhD, DTMH; Benedetta Allegranzi, MD, DTMH; Shaheen Mehtar, MBBS, MD (Lon)
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JAMA. 2020;323(16):1549-1550. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.4169
This Viewpoint discusses challenges to managing a COVID-19 outbreak in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), reviewing how absence of testing, critical care capacity, climate, war, distrust, and large refugee populations could complicate implementation of proven infection prevention and control measures.
Nason Maani, PhD; Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH
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JAMA. 2020;323(16):1551-1552. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.1637
This Viewpoint acknowledges that physicians in clinical roles may be limited in their ability to influence social determinants of patients鈥 health but proposes they have a role to play in educating others of its importance through teaching and training, diverse student and workforce recruitment, and activism. 聽
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The Role of Physicians in Addressing Social Determinants of Health
Jose F. Figueroa, MD, MPH; Austin B. Frakt, PhD; Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH
JAMA. 2020;323(16):1553-1554. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.2436
This Viewpoint introduces the notion of a polysocial risk score, much like a polygenic risk score, which might help predict the risk that varying combinations of social conditions contribute to specific health outcomes.