‘Containment, delay, mitigation’: waiting and care in the time of a pandemic [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

In this paper we take up three terms – containment, delay, mitigation – that have been used by the UK Government to describe their phased response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the terms refer to a political and public health strategy – contain the virus, flatten the peak of the epidemic, mitig...

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Main Authors: Lisa Baraitser, Laura Salisbury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wellcome 2020-06-01
Series:Wellcome Open Research
Online Access:https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/5-129/v1