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A sobering and depressing read. What’s even more depressing is we’ll probably stumble through this, get past it (hopefully), and nothing significant will change
by macintux 6y ago
A sobering and depressing read. What’s even more depressing is we’ll probably stumble through this, get past it (hopefully), and nothing significant will change before the next pandemic, which might be dramatically worse.
- aantix 6y agoWhat should change?
- macintux 6y agoThe article presents the case much better than I could summarize, but effectively we need dramatically better coordination between government, public health organizations, and healthcare, and that coordination should be established before a crisis hits.
- hprotagonist 6y agoand not systematically de-funded right before the next crisis, unlike this time.
- macintux 6y agoI wanted to avoid the political aspects, but yes.
- hprotagonist 6y agoreclaiming the term a little to be closer to the broader "pertaining to public affairs", it's hard to see how public health could be anything but. I hope for, and am prepared to pivot my career in support of, a resurgence of public health work opportunities. (which atul gawande points out in an earlier column from april or so)