Offline: COVID-19 is not a pandemic

Two categories of disease are interacting within specific populations—infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and an array of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Syndemics are characterised by biological and social interactions between conditions and states, interac...

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Published in:	The Lancet 2020-09, Vol.396 (10255), p.874-874
Main Author:	Horton, Richard
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Comment Coronaviruses COVID-19 Disease transmission Epidemics Epilepsy Infectious diseases Pandemics Poverty Public health Respiratory diseases Severe acute respiratory syndrome Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Sickle cell disease Snake bites Social factors Social interactions Vaccines Viral diseases
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Summary:	Two categories of disease are interacting within specific populations—infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and an array of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Syndemics are characterised by biological and social interactions between conditions and states, interactions that increase a person's susceptibility to harm or worsen their health outcomes. In their Lancet Commission, published last week, Gene Bukhman and Ana Mocumbi described an entity they called NCDI Poverty, adding injuries to a range of NCDs—conditions such as snake bites, epilepsy, renal disease, and sickle cell disease.
ISSN:	0140-6736 1474-547X