Pandemic Preparedness Cohorts
Switzerland lacked a purpose-built cohort that could rapidly provide seroprevalence and contact-pattern data at the start of COVID-19. Switzerland's first COVID-19 seroprevalence estimates depended on repurposing an existing Geneva cardiov…
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Switzerland lacked a purpose-built cohort that could rapidly provide seroprevalence and contact-pattern data at the start of COVID-19. Switzerland's first COVID-19 seroprevalence estimates depended on repurposing an existing Geneva cardiovascular cohort. The 2020 Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness called for cohorts able to pivot quickly to new pathogens. Establishing biological and social-contact baselines before a crisis is presented as the core rationale for BEready.