Key lessons from the COVID‑19 pandemic: Role of intensive care, politics and science communication (Review)

The post‑coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) era calls for a comprehensive analysis of the recent COVID‑19 pandemic to extract important lessons for the international scientific community for the improvement of its readiness towards future pandemic threats and challenges. The present review article presents key aspects of the COVID‑19 pandemic, with the main topics covered being the following: i) The recent advances in intensive care, focusing particularly on high flow nasal oxygen therapy; ii) COVID‑19 and politics; and iii) COVID‑19 and science communication. Both medical aspects of the COVID‑19 pandemic as well as non‑medical issues, including politics and science communication, should be further evaluated and be definitely included in future medical educational programs, worldwide.