What the COVID-19 pandemic should teach us

What the COVID-19 pandemic should teach us

Robbins RA

No abstract available. Article truncated after 150 words. As I write this between telemedicine patients on June 16th, I am reflecting back on the pandemic and what we have learned so far, not in how to diagnose or care for the COVID-19 patients, but in government and healthcare administration’s response to the pandemic. Politicians have made both good and poor decisions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. In the summer of 2005, President George W. Bush was on vacation at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, when he began flipping through an advance reading copy of a new book about the 1918 influenza pandemic (1). He couldn't put it down. What was born was the nation's most comprehensive pandemic plan -- a playbook that included diagrams for a global early warning system, funding to develop new, rapid vaccine technology, and a robust national stockpile of critical supplies, such as face masks and ventilators. Bush’s remarks from 15 years ago still resonate. …

2020

leadership, preparedness, World Health Organization, hydroxychloroquine, Pandemic, Governor, Misinformation, President, COVID-19, hyperfinancialization

DOI: 10.13175/swjpcc042-20

Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care

Arizona Thoracic Society

General Works, Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid