Episode Details

In a special 4-part series excerpted from a webcast, we look at the extraordinary challenges facing the field of public health in the COVID era. In the final episode, we hear more about how serious the problems are and what can be done about it. Lori Freeman, NACCHO CEO; Chrissy Juliano, Executive Director of the Big Cities Health Coalition; and Dr. Marcus Plescia, Chief Medical Officer of ASTO, talk about direct calls to action to address the “boom-and-bust” cycle of public health infrastructure to address the COVID-19 and future pandemics and all sorts of other issues that threaten the public’s health.

KEYWORDS: misinformation; pandemic response; policy