2021
Assessing COVID-19 Prevention Strategies to Permit the Safe Opening of Residential Colleges in Fall 2021
Paltiel AD, Schwartz JL. Assessing COVID-19 Prevention Strategies to Permit the Safe Opening of Residential Colleges in Fall 2021. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2021, 174: m21-2965. PMID: 34461034, PMCID: PMC8422997, DOI: 10.7326/m21-2965.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVaccine effectivenessVaccination coverageAsymptomatic testingBroad vaccination coverageLess frequent testingCOVID-19 prevention strategiesHigh vaccination ratesBase-case assumptionsFall 2021COVID-19 incidenceUnvaccinated personsVaccination ratesDisease progressionHypothetical cohortEffective vaccineAsymptomatic transmissionPrevention strategiesViral transmissionCumulative casesNonpharmaceutical interventionsDrug abuseCumulative infectionsSafe returnVaccinePopulation coverage
2018
The Spanish Flu, Epidemics, and the Turn to Biomedical Responses.
Schwartz JL. The Spanish Flu, Epidemics, and the Turn to Biomedical Responses. American Journal Of Public Health 2018, 108: 1455-1458. PMID: 30252511, PMCID: PMC6187783, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2018.304581.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTraditional public health activitiesPublic health activitiesSpanish fluVaccine developmentHealth activitiesNonpharmaceutical interventionsBiomedical interventionsInfluenza vaccine developmentEpidemic responseScientific knowledgePolitical challengesEarly 1930sFluInterventionVaccineBiomedical approachBiomedical responseCritical momentRelative priorityConsiderable enthusiasmResponseLong transitionLarge gatheringsEnthusiasm