Medical technologies have been central to US pandemic response – but social behaviors matter just as much
- Written by Eyal Oren, Professor of Epidemiology, San Diego State University
COVID-19 vaccines and treatments aren't societal silver bullets when health disparities persist.Michael Nagle/Xinhua via Getty ImagesBefore COVID-19, there was tuberculosis. Twentieth century British physician Thomas McKeown controversially proposed that the sharp declines in infectious disease death rates in the late 1900s were due to improved...