How to achieve a fair and effective Covid-19 response

Experts offer their recommendations in an open letter to US Vice-President Mike Pence

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    Mar 7, 2020, 5:00 am SGT
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In an open letter addressed to US Vice-President Mike Pence, who is leading the White House coronavirus response team, a group of clinicians, public health and legal experts from Yale, Harvard and other universities set out what they believe are necessary and appropriate steps to ensure that the response to the outbreak is handled in a scientific and humane fashion.

Below are excerpts from the six-page letter, which is also addressed to federal, state and local health officials:

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on March 07, 2020, with the headline 'How to achieve a fair and effective Covid-19 response'. Subscribe
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