How Long This Could Last

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🗓️ 18 March 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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As the novel coronavirus spreads sickness and anxiety around the U.S., it’s tempting to point fingers at government agencies that seemed wholly unequipped for the crisis. And, to be clear, Washington was not prepared. But here’s what decision makers can be doing right now to figure out what comes next. Guest: Beth Cameron, vice president for global biological policy and programs at the Nuclear Threat Initiative. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.6	So, Beth Cameron, you ran the White House office on pandemics for how long?
0:40.6	I ran the White House office of Global Health Security and Biodefence
0:45.4	from fall of 2016 until March of 2017.
0:50.4	So, from the inception of the office, into the transition to the Trump administration.
0:58.0	I got to ask with everything going on right now,
1:00.4	like how much sleep are you getting?
1:03.2	Not a lot, but I think I'm not alone.
1:06.2	And I think some of the sleep that I'm losing is not just because of the fact
1:10.9	that I work on this issue for a living.
1:13.4	I'm also dealing with, I think, what most Americans are dealing with,
1:17.5	some aging parents and aging grandfather,
1:20.9	you just got out of a rehab center and just trying to make sure
1:24.1	that we know what's going to be happening.
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