Opinion | The Healthcare System Didn’t Plan Poorly for Disaster
I was, for a while, a lecturer/consultant for the “Domestic Preparedness Program.” This was an initiative by the Department of Justice to ensure that first responders around the U.S. were prepared to deal with the medical consequences of nuclear, biological, chemical, and blast injuries. This was before the terrible events of 9/11. Our job as […]
Public Health Experts Pitch Their Own Path to the ‘Next’ Normal
Less than a week after the White House released its updated COVID-19 preparedness plan, a group of 24 public health experts issued a white paper with their own ideas for moving the nation into what they call the “next” normal. While there’s quite a bit of overlap between the two plans, the 132-page document by […]