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Sustaining commitment through panic and neglect

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Sustaining commitment through panic and neglect

Caitlin Rivers
Aug 31, 2022
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Monkeypox containment

I have a new essay out in Nature today about something that has been troubling me: sustaining commitment to ending the monkeypox epidemic. The cycle of panic and neglect is an old story in public health, and I am wary of how it will play out for monkeypox. Attention and energy ride on parallel tracks with case counts. In the U.S., w…

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