The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Lessons
The Wuhan Outbreak of COVID-19
In Wuhan, China, four unusual hospital cases of atypical viral pneumonia were reported to the local center for disease control on December 27, 2019. Since then, COVID-19 has infected many hundreds of millions of people globally.
The COVID-19 Public Health Crisis
Public health rests on both epidemiology and emergency preparedness. In an outbreak of an infectious disease, it is the science of epidemiology that defines the response, while emergency preparedness planning provides its framework.
What Happened in the USA During the Pandemic?
In 2019, the US had scored the highest on the Global Health Security Index of Pandemic Preparedness. So how could a country that outranked 194 other countries suffer the third highest age-adjusted mortality among similarly ranked countries during the COVID pandemic?
Preparing for the Next Pandemic Crisis
We know for certain we will have another deadly global pandemic; but we don’t know when or where it will begin. How do we prepare?
The Wuhan Outbreak of COVID-19
In Wuhan, China, four unusual hospital cases of atypical viral pneumonia were reported to the local center for disease control on December 27, 2019. Since then, COVID-19 has infected many hundreds of millions of people globally.
The COVID-19 Public Health Crisis
Public health rests on both epidemiology and emergency preparedness. In an outbreak of an infectious disease, it is the science of epidemiology that defines the response, while emergency preparedness planning provides its framework.
What Happened in the USA During the Pandemic?
In 2019, the US had scored the highest on the Global Health Security Index of Pandemic Preparedness. So how could a country that outranked 194 other countries suffer the third highest age-adjusted mortality among similarly ranked countries during the COVID pandemic?
Preparing for the Next Pandemic Crisis
We know for certain we will have another deadly global pandemic; but we don’t know when or where it will begin. How do we prepare?
