Sustained suppression

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Editorial Published: 13 May 2020
Sustained suppression
Further COVID-19 outbreaks are unavoidable. To detect and suppress them, governments ought to implement a range of public health measures aided by technology.

Source: Nature Biomedical Engineering
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41551-020-0567-0
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Does "Sustained suppression" mean "Sustained suppression of COVID-19 outbreaks"?

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Pretty sad state of affairs a simple two word clause requires sussing.

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@oristarA,

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Does "Sustained Suppression" mean .of COVID-19 outbreaks?

Yes.
From the article: ...to detect and suppress them...

and: To reduce outbreaks...

and: The only plausible way to achieve herd immunity...

So, as you can see, the idea is to suppress and to keep that suppression ongoing, i.e. sustained.

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@Sturgis,

Thank you. Smile

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