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What should change?

• macintux 6y ago
  The 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 ago
    and not systematically de-funded right before the next crisis, unlike this time.
    • macintux 6y ago
      I wanted to avoid the political aspects, but yes.
      • hprotagonist 6y ago
        reclaiming 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)