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Summary: The article discusses the importance of taking a public health approach, as advocated by Dr. Alfredo Morabia, when addressing issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights the success of the vaccination campaign in the USA and emphasizes the need to look beyond individual outcomes to consider population-wide impacts.
In The public health approach: population thinking from the Black Death to COVID-19, distinguished physician and epidemiologist Alfredo Morabia, advocates eloquently for what he terms a public health approach. Citing the 200 million Americans who were vaccinated at least once during the USA’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign and the rarity of harmful effects from the vaccines, Morabia describes the response, despite its “insufficient aspects”, as a historical success for public health.