"We're in the middle of a war here," says Drew Harris, an assistant professor in the Thomas Jefferson University College of Population Health in Philadelphia. "Not everyone in the war is on the front lines, like our doctors and nurses and other health professionals, but many of us have a role to play. Maybe some of us should be planting victory gardens and collecting aluminum to fight the battle, and we do that through the actions we take."
Last month, Harris tweaked and tweeted a graphic that highlights how implementing prevention efforts early in a pandemic can significantly change the trajectory of its spread by easing the burden on the health care system. The tweet went viral on the social media platform, helping to highlight a concept the federal government also has emphasized.
- Flattening the Coronavirus Curve and the Importance of Social Distancing, USNews.com, March 18, 2020.
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