COVID-19 pandemic as opportunity to ensure more successful future for science, public health
2021-02-09
(Press-News.org) What The Viewpoint Says: The missteps and miscommunications that have stymied a more effective U.S. and global response to the COVID-19 pandemic bring into sharp focus the deficiencies in governance systems of the U.S. public health and scientific institutions.
Authors: K. M. Venkat Narayan, M.D., M.Sc., of the Rollins School of Public Health and School of Medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jama.2020.23479)
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