The COVID-19 pandemic is sweeping the world and will feature prominently in all our lives for months and most likely for years to come. We review here the current state 6 months into the declared pandemic. Specifically, we examine the role of the pathogen, the host and the environment along with the possible role of diabetes. We also firmly believe that the pandemic has shown an extraordinary light on national and international politicians whom we should hold to account as performance has been uneven. We also call explicitly on competent leadership of international organizations, specifically the WHO, UN and EU, informed by science. Finally, we also condense successful strategies for dealing with the current COVID-19 pandemic in democratic countries into a developing pandemic playbook and chart a way forward into the future. This is useful in the current COVID-19 pandemic and, we hope, in a very distant future again when another pandemic might arise.

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COVID-19 更新：大流行的前 6 个月


COVID-19 大流行正在席卷全球，并将在未来数月乃至未来数年内在我们的生活中占据显着地位。我们在这里回顾一下宣布大流行 6 个月后的现状。具体来说，我们研究了病原体、宿主和环境的作用以及糖尿病的可能作用。我们还坚信，这场大流行病向国家和国际政治家展示了非凡的光芒，我们应该追究他们的责任，因为他们的表现参差不齐。我们还明确呼吁国际组织，特别是世界卫生组织、联合国和欧盟以科学为依据，发挥强有力的领导作用。最后，我们还将民主国家应对当前 COVID-19 大流行的成功战略浓缩为一本发展中的大流行手册，并规划了未来的前进方向。这对于当前的 COVID-19 大流行非常有用，我们希望在很遥远的将来，当另一场大流行可能出现时，它也能再次发挥作用。