Mater Artium Necessitas: The Birth of a COVID-19 Command Center

• Main Authors: Sean T. Campbell PhD (Author), Erika P. Orner PhD (Author), Morayma Reyes Gil MD, PhD (Author), Amy S. Fox MD, MS (Author), D. Yitzchak Goldstein MD (Author), Lucia R. Wolgast MD (Author), Evan M. Cadoff MD (Author), Victoria H. Freedman PhD (Author), Myles H. Akabas MD, PhD (Author), Michael B. Prystowsky MD, PhD (Author), Wendy A. Szymczak PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In February of 2020, New York City was unprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic. Cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection appeared and spread rapidly. Hospitals had to repurpose staff and establish diagnostic testing for this new viral infection. In the background of the usual respiratory pathogen testing performe...