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Logic in the time of coronavirus

Author(s) -

Timothy J. J. Inglis

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of medical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1473-5644

pISSN - 0022-2615

DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.001191

Subject(s) - nexus (standard) , causality (physics) , conversation , covid-19 , argumentation theory , public health , public relations , medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , psychology , political science , internet privacy , epistemology , computer science , outbreak , pathology , communication , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , embedded system

Much has happened here since the local news media trumpeted the first Australian COVID-19 fatality, and stirred up a medieval fear of contagion. We now need to take a step back to examine the logic underlying the use of our limited COVID-19 countermeasures. Emerging infectious diseases by their nature, pose new challenges to the diagnostic-treatment-control nexus, and push our concepts of causality beyond the limits of the conventional Koch-Henle approach to aetiology. We need to use contemporary methods of assessing causality to ensure that clinical, laboratory and public health measures draw on a rational, evidence-based approach to argumentation. The purpose of any aetiological hypothesis is to derive actionable insights into this latest emerging infectious disease. This review is an introduction to a conversation with medical microbiologists, which will be supported by a moderated blog.

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