A solution scan of societal options to reduce transmission and spread of respiratory viruses: SARS-CoV-2 as a case study

William J. Sutherland; Nigel G. Taylor; David C. Aldridge; Philip Martin; Catherine Rhodes; Gorm Shackelford; Simon Beard; Haydn Belfield; Andrew J. Bladon; Cameron Brick; Alec P. Christie; Andrew P. Dobson; Harriet Downey; Amelia S.C. Hood; Fangyuan Hua; Alice C. Hughes; Rebecca M. Jarvis; Douglas MacFarlane; William H. Morgan; Anne Christine Mupepele; Stefan J. Marciniak; Cassidy Nelson; Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh; Clarissa Rios Rojas; Katherine A. Sainsbury; Rebecca K. Smith; Lalitha S. Sundaram; Ann Thornton; John Watkins; Thomas B. White; Kate Willott; Silviu O. Petrovan

doi:10.1016/j.jobb.2021.08.003

A solution scan of societal options to reduce transmission and spread of respiratory viruses: SARS-CoV-2 as a case study

William J. Sutherland, Nigel G. Taylor, David C. Aldridge, Philip Martin, Catherine Rhodes, Gorm Shackelford, Simon Beard, Haydn Belfield, Andrew J. Bladon, Cameron Brick, Alec P. Christie, Andrew P. Dobson, Harriet Downey, Amelia S.C. Hood, Fangyuan Hua, Alice C. Hughes, Rebecca M. Jarvis, Douglas MacFarlane, William H. Morgan, Anne Christine MupepeleStefan J. Marciniak, Cassidy Nelson, Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh, Clarissa Rios Rojas, Katherine A. Sainsbury, Rebecca K. Smith, Lalitha S. Sundaram, Ann Thornton, John Watkins, Thomas B. White, Kate Willott, Silviu O. Petrovan

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Societal biosecurity – measures built into everyday society to minimize risks from pests and diseases – is an important aspect of managing epidemics and pandemics. We aimed to identify societal options for reducing the transmission and spread of respiratory viruses. We used SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) as a case study to meet the immediate need to manage the COVID-19 pandemic and eventually transition to more normal societal conditions, and to catalog options for managing similar pandemics in the future. We used a ‘solution scanning’ approach. We read the literature; consulted psychology, public health, medical, and solution scanning experts; crowd-sourced options using social media; and collated comments on a preprint. Here, we present a list of 519 possible measures to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission and spread. We provide a long list of options for policymakers and businesses to consider when designing biosecurity plans to combat SARS-CoV-2 and similar pathogens in the future. We also developed an online application to help with this process. We encourage testing of actions, documentation of outcomes, revisions to the current list, and the addition of further options.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	84-90
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity
Volume	3
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobb.2021.08.003
State	Published - Dec 2021

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
General Immunology and Microbiology
Linguistics and Language
Infectious Diseases

Keywords

Biosecurity
COVID-19
Coronavirus
Disease control
New normal
Public health

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Sutherland, W. J., Taylor, N. G., Aldridge, D. C., Martin, P., Rhodes, C., Shackelford, G., Beard, S., Belfield, H., Bladon, A. J., Brick, C., Christie, A. P., Dobson, A. P., Downey, H., Hood, A. S. C., Hua, F., Hughes, A. C., Jarvis, R. M., MacFarlane, D., Morgan, W. H., ... Petrovan, S. O. (2021). A solution scan of societal options to reduce transmission and spread of respiratory viruses: SARS-CoV-2 as a case study. Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity, 3(2), 84-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobb.2021.08.003

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A solution scan of societal options to reduce transmission and spread of respiratory viruses: SARS-CoV-2 as a case study

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