Part 2 of Dr. Rashid Chotani’s presentation on hospital preparedness for seasonal influenza patients and an increase in COVID-19 patients and vaccine access and the anti-vax movement.
The 2020-2021 flu season is expected to be particularly strenuous on health care facilities as it is compounded with the current COVID-19 pandemic. This year it is very important to get the flu shot to prevent the spread of the virus and to minimize the additional strain on local health care systems.
While the latest news about the COVID-19 vaccines has been promising, it is important that everyone continue to wear masks and practice the proper safety measures.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Crimson Contagion Exercise (a pandemic influenza scenario) required synthetic data on pandemic cases for the players to be able to analyze epidemiological and contract tracing efforts.
Planning assistance for coordinating and leading antiviral dispensing was provided to the State of Illinois’ during their Scripted Surge Antiviral Dispensing Exercise.
IEM worked with HHS for more than ten years to produce medical consequence models and analyses for all the Category A biological agents and some Category B agents.
IEM’s COVID-19 Projection Dashboard integrates AI and GIS technologies to forecast or predict new coronavirus cases across the country by applying AI and machine learning to confirmed coronavirus cases at the state and county level.
Throughout the pandemic, COVID-19 predictive models have come under criticism for conflicting predictions that have caused some to believe that all models are wrong; however, some models are useful.
As we head into the winter holiday season many individuals and families are trying to plan for how they can stay safe while traveling during the pandemic.
Throughout the pandemic it is important that individuals focus on their mental health as well as their physical health and practice self care.
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