A pandemic recap: lessons we have learned

Coccolini, F.; Cicuttin, E.; Cremonini, C.; Tartaglia, D.; Viaggi, B.; Kuriyama, A.; Picetti, E.; Ball, C.; Abu-Zidan, F.; Ceresoli, M.; Turri, B.; Jain, S.; Palombo, C.; Guirao, X.; Rodrigues, G.; Gachabayov, M.; Machado, F.; Eftychios, L.; Kanj, S. S.; Di Carlo, I.; Di Saverio, S.; Khokha, V.; Kirkpatrick, A.; Massalou, D.; Forfori, F.; Corradi, F.; Delibegovic, S.; Machain Vega, G. M.; Fantoni, M.; Demetriades, D.; Kapoor, G.; Kluger, Y.; Ansari, S.; Maier, R.; Leppaniemi, A.; Hardcastle, T.; Vereczkei, A.; Karamagioli, E.; Pikoulis, E.; Pistello, M.; Sakakushev, B. E.; Navsaria, P. H.; Galeiras, R.; Yahya, A. I.; Osipov, A. V.; Dimitrov, E.; Doklestic, K.; Pisano, M.; Malacarne, P.; Carcoforo, P.; Sibilla, M. G.; Kryvoruchko, I. A.; Bonavina, L.; Kim, J. I.; Shelat, V. G.; Czepiel, J.; Maseda, E.; Marwah, S.; Chirica, M.; Biancofiore, G.; Podda, M.; Cobianchi, L.; Ansaloni, L.; Fugazzola, P.; Seretis, C.; Gomez, C. A.; Tumietto, F.; Malbrain, M.; Reichert, M.; Augustin, G.; Amato, B.; Puzziello, A.; Hecker, A.; Gemignani, A.; Isik, A.; Cucchetti, A.; Nacoti, M.; Kopelman, D.; Mesina, C.; Ghannam, W.; Ben-Ishay, O.; Dhingra, S.; Coimbra, R.; Moore, E. E.; Cui, Y.; Quiodettis, M. A.; Bala, M.; Testini, M.; Diaz, J.; Girardis, M.; Biffl, W. L.; Hecker, M.; Sall, I.; Boggi, U.; Materazzi, G.; Ghiadoni, L.; Matsumoto, J.; Zuidema, W. P.; Ivatury, R.; Enani, M. A.; Litvin, A.; Al-Hasan, M. N.; Demetrashvili, Z.; Baraket, O.; Ordonez, C. A.; Negoi, I.; Kiguba, R.; Memish, Z. A.; Elmangory, M. M.; Tolonen, M.; Das, K.; Ribeiro, J.; O'Connor, D. B.; Tan, B. K.; Van Goor, H.; Baral, S.; De Simone, B.; Corbella, D.; Brambillasca, P.; Scaglione, M.; Basolo, F.; De'Angelis, N.; Bendinelli, C.; Weber, D.; Pagani, L.; Monti, C.; Baiocchi, G.; Chiarugi, M.; Catena, F.; Sartelli, M.

doi:10.1186/s13017-021-00393-w

On January 2020, the WHO Director General declared that the outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The world has faced a worldwide spread crisis and is still dealing with it. The present paper represents a white paper concerning the tough lessons we have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, an international and heterogenous multidisciplinary panel of very differentiated people would like to share global experiences and lessons with all interested and especially those responsible for future healthcare decision making. With the present paper, international and heterogenous multidisciplinary panel of very differentiated people would like to share global experiences and lessons with all interested and especially those responsible for future healthcare decision making.