1Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut.
2Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Mar 11;104(5):1609-1610. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1005.
Aiming to prevent the spread of contagious diseases has long been a central tenet of public health. In the present time, divisive political responses to mask wearing to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission have competed with sound public health advice for public attention. Here, we draw parallels in terms of individualism versus societal solidarity between the slow and ponderous development of transmission-blocking vaccines for malaria and advocacy for mask wearing to prevent COVID-19.
旨在预防传染病传播一直是公共卫生的核心原则。在当前，为了防止 SARS-CoV-2 传播而戴口罩的做法在政治上存在分歧，这与公共卫生建议争夺了公众的注意力。在这里，我们将疟疾传播阻断疫苗的缓慢而艰巨的发展与提倡戴口罩预防 COVID-19 之间的个人主义与社会团结进行了类比。
