616 - Lessons from the COVID War: 9-11 Commission Leader Philip Zelikow on Another National Disaster
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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From origin to Warp Speed, COVID-19 proved to be a national disaster the likes of which hadn't been seen since 9-11. Lead writer of "Lessons from the COVID War" and former 9-11 Commission leader Philip Zelikow talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about why COVID was a much more complicated issue, competing explanations of what went wrong, where innovation and success actually occurred, and what needs to be done to prevent another disaster like this from happening again. Get even more public health news from our twice-weekly Expert Insights newsletter:http://publichealth.jhu.edu/subscribe
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