S1E31 / A Patchwork Pandemic / Ed Yong & Howard Koh

EPIDEMIC with Dr. Celine Gounder

KFF Health News and Just Human Productions

Science, #Coronavirus, Health & Fitness, #Smallpox, Documentary, #Covid19, #Sarscov2, #Eradication, Life Sciences, Society & Culture, #Covid, Medicine

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

“We all believe that we need a national plan in the face of a national emergency, a United response for the United States… We're all in these parts of the same country. You can't control the pandemic without some degree of coordination.” - Ed Yong What kind of coordinated national response is required for a national health crisis like COVID-19? Today on "Epidemic," Dr. Celine Gounder speaks with Dr. Howard Koh, Professor of Public Health Leadership at the Harvard School of Public Health, and Ed Yong, staff writer for the Atlantic. They discuss the "patchwork pandemic" we are experiencing, where the country is divided on how it's responding to -- and being impacted by -- COVID-19. They'll examine the degree of federal leadership that is required for an effective COVID-19 response, and the consequences suffered from failing to implement a nationally coordinated plan. This podcast was created by Just Human Productions. We're powered and distributed by Simplecast. We're supported, in part, by listeners like you. #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #COVID #coronavirus

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0:00.0	I'm Dr. Saline Gounder. This is epidemic. Today is Friday June 26.
0:12.0	epidemic. Today is Friday, June 26.
0:14.0	Beautiful day in the
0:20.0	beautiful day in the Rose Garden.
0:22.0	Appreciate everybody being here.
0:24.0	Today I'd like to provide an update to the American people on several decisive...
0:29.0	On March 13th, President Donald Trump addressed the nation.
0:32.0	To unleash the full power of the federal government... President Donald Trump addressed the nation.
0:33.0	To unleash the full power of the federal government in this effort today, I am officially
0:36.8	declaring a national emergency.
0:40.6	Two very
0:43.7	Trump had been downplaying the virus's threat, but this seemed like it could be a change.
0:49.6	The action I am taking will open up access to up to 50 billion dollars of very importantly
0:57.4	very important and a large amount of money for states and territories or localities in our shared fight against this disease.
1:07.0	Sounds good, right? A National Emergency Declaration, funding to fight a common threat. But unfortunately that leadership
1:15.5	never materialized. When the president declared a national emergency on March
1:20.0	13th that ordinarily means that the national government is taking the lead and we have not
1:24.8	seen that coordination the way we should.
1:27.3	This is Dr Howard Coe.
1:28.9	In usual times states take the lead in addressing the health crises within their own borders.
1:35.0	But these are not usual times.
1:36.5	This is a threat that affects every American across the country.
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