Pandemic Arrives, US Slow-Walks Response
March 11, 2020
The World Health Organization just declared the ongoing coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, defined as occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population. But the United States is failing in its response, an expert in disease prevention and population health writes in an Issues online exclusive, falling woefully short on efforts to scientifically understand the virus itself and to effectively implement prevention, containment, mitigation, and treatment efforts.