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In their opinion piece ‘Vets would not manage Covid-19 this way’ (VR, 18/25 April 2020, vol 186, pp 462-463), Dick Sibley and Joe Brownlie have neglected to consider some essential differences between managing human and animal disease outbreaks. They show little understanding, or ...
See moreIn their opinion piece ‘Vets would not manage Covid-19 this way’ (VR, 18/25 April 2020, vol 186, pp 462-463), Dick Sibley and Joe Brownlie have neglected to consider some essential differences between managing human and animal disease outbreaks. They show little understanding, or acknowledgement, of public health ethics, socioeconomic factors and the environmental, political and legal issues that add to the complexities of Covid-19 management. As public health veterinarians, we reject the reductionist views of Sibley and Brownlie and applaud the efforts of the global public health community.
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See moreIn their opinion piece ‘Vets would not manage Covid-19 this way’ (VR, 18/25 April 2020, vol 186, pp 462-463), Dick Sibley and Joe Brownlie have neglected to consider some essential differences between managing human and animal disease outbreaks. They show little understanding, or acknowledgement, of public health ethics, socioeconomic factors and the environmental, political and legal issues that add to the complexities of Covid-19 management. As public health veterinarians, we reject the reductionist views of Sibley and Brownlie and applaud the efforts of the global public health community.
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2020Licence
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