Improved Pandemic Response Does Not Ensure Safety
Dr Arthur Silverstein, Johns Hopkins University | April 27, 2009
Health bureaus and the WHO have swung into action to deal with the Mexican swine flu outbreak. ++ The public health community has learnt to cope with pandemics after an ill-handled outbreak in 1976 and recent avian flu threats. ++ But it is unclear whether politicians have learned the same lessons. ++ Governments might have to nationalize their healthcare systems in order to cope with pandemics - just as they have had to recently with financial systems - something that might be more difficult in the US than elsewhere.
