Buzzfeed Article Examines “Superspreader” Events
Buzzfeed interviewed SPH's Dr. Mark Dworkin, professor of epidemiology, on "superspreader" events in Chicago, in which large scale transmission of COVID-19 took place. Dworkin cautioned that mass changes to public life are difficult to communicate and accomplish without overwhelming evidence.
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Dr. Mark Dworkin, an epidemiology professor at the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago, noted that it was important not to refer to people as “super-spreaders” but to instead acknowledge how funerals and birthday parties are the kinds of events that allow for super-spreading.
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