Abstract

  The biggest pandemics of all, claiming more than 100 million lives, have long been forgotten. Technology, resources and advancements in research have made people felt they we are invincible. SARS, MERS, Swine flu (H1N1), Ebola and other epidemics have challenged the world [1], but the complacence and delays following public health advice have had immense implications, both on the societal level with high mortality rates, and on a global level with countries’ economies crashing. Social consequences of economic and health setbacks have been severe.

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Citation

Citation: Sara Surani and Salim Surani. “COVID-19: What Went Wrong. Ignoring the Tell-tale Signs!"". Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 4.5 (2020): 01-02.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2020 Sara Surani and Salim Surani. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.