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What should be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic for the next coronavirus pandemics?

by Marwa O. Elgendy ,  Mona A. Abdelrahman 3  and  Mohamed E.A. Abdelrahim 3,*
1
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Teaching Hospital of Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
2
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nahda University, Egypt
3
Clinical Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt.
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IJCMR  2023, 2; 1(1), 2; https://doi.org/10.61466/ijcmr1010002
Received: 13 July 2023 / Accepted: 16 August 2023 / Published Online: 18 August 2023
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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic showed us that the world should have a proper protocol for the handling of such pandemics. A similar severe coronavirus pandemic occurs in 1918 (The spinach flu pandemic) and took two years to finish. Both pandemics took a lot of lives.

The 1918 Spanish flu pandemic was prevented with lower healthcare facilities. The main prevention method was social distancing. The effect of this social distancing was obvious when it was broken in Denver, the USA with its double-humped mortality curve of the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918. Even though this pandemic is also a coronavirus pandemic but some differences were observed in COVID-19. This commentary was to discuss the situation that occurs in COVID-19 and compare it to the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918 to reach a protocol for handling any possible upcoming coronavirus pandemics.

Keywords: COVID-19, Spanish flu pandemic, mutation, vaccine, social distancing;
Copyright: © 2023 by O. Elgendy, A. Abdelrahman and E.A. Abdelrahim. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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O. Elgendy, M.; A. Abdelrahman, M.; E.A. Abdelrahim, M. What should be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic for the next coronavirus pandemics?. International Journal of Clinical Medical Research, 2023, 1, 2. https://doi.org/10.61466/ijcmr1010002
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O. Elgendy M, A. Abdelrahman M, E.A. Abdelrahim M. What should be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic for the next coronavirus pandemics?. International Journal of Clinical Medical Research; 2023, 1(1):2. https://doi.org/10.61466/ijcmr1010002
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O. Elgendy, Marwa; A. Abdelrahman, Mona; E.A. Abdelrahim, Mohamed 2023. "What should be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic for the next coronavirus pandemics?" International Journal of Clinical Medical Research 1, no.1:2. https://doi.org/10.61466/ijcmr1010002

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