The global experiences with the HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 pandemics hold important lessons for preparing for, and responding to, future outbreaks of emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases. Scores of infectious diseases have emerged or re-emerged over the past four decades, and future outbreaks are inevitable. The next emerging pathogen likely will again come from unanticipated sources and pose puzzles in terms of microbiology, transmission, natural history, pathogenesis, epidemiology, and will present challenges to developing countermeasures such as diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines. Although dozens of lessons could be addressed, eight selected lessons common to HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 are addressed here. Consideration of the commonality of lessons learned from HIV/AIDS and COVID-19, the two most devastating pandemics over the past half century, will help us—and those who follow us— to minimize the impact of future outbreaks and prevent them from becoming global pandemics.

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HIV/AIDS 和 COVID-19：从两次大流行病中分享的经验教训


全球应对 HIV/AIDS 和 COVID-19 大流行的经验为准备和应对未来新出现或重新出现的传染病的爆发提供了重要的经验教训。在过去的四十年里，已经出现或重新出现数十种传染病，未来的爆发是不可避免的。下一个新出现的病原体可能会再次来自意想不到的来源，并在微生物学、传播、自然史、发病机制、流行病学方面带来难题，并将对开发诊断、治疗和疫苗等对策构成挑战。尽管可以讨论数十个经验教训，但这里讨论了 HIV/AIDS 和 COVID-19 共有的八个精选经验教训。考虑从 HIV/AIDS 和 COVID-19 这两个过去半个世纪中最具破坏性的大流行病中吸取的经验教训的共同性，将有助于我们——以及那些追随我们的人——最大限度地减少未来疫情的影响并防止它们成为全球大流行病。