Reply to Ng et al.: Not all trauma is the same, but lessons can be drawn from commonalities
Year: 2020
Type: letter
Abstract: In their Letter, Ng et al. (1) state that our (2) comparison of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to Hurricane Katrina is “slightly contrived.” We appreciate the opportunity for discussion. However, we maintain that there is much to be learned from prior disasters, including Hurricane Katrina, for anticipating and mitigating the indirect health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our article explicitly acknowledges key differences between the pandemic and Hurricane Katrina, including that the pandemic does not involve physical destruction and that its effects are temporally and geographically diffuse. Ng et al. (1) suggest these differences render the pandemic insufficiently traumatic to warrant comparison to Hurricane … [↵][1]1To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: eraker{at}g.harvard.edu. [1]: #xref-corresp-1-1
Authors: Ethan J. Raker, Meghan Zacher, Sarah R. Lowe
Institutions: Harvard University, Brown University, Yale University
Language: English
Subfield: Emergency Medical Services
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3087332836