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The White House released the ‘National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness”.
It opens with “America deserves a response to the COVID-19 pandemic that is driven by science, data, and public health—not politics.”
The strategy is organized around 7 goals:
It opens with “America deserves a response to the COVID-19 pandemic that is driven by science, data, and public health—not politics.”
The strategy is organized around 7 goals:
1. Restore trust with the American people.
2. Mount a safe, effective, and comprehensive vaccination campaign.
3.Mitigate spread through expanding masking, testing, data, treatments, health care workforce, and clear public health standards.
2. Mount a safe, effective, and comprehensive vaccination campaign.
3.Mitigate spread through expanding masking, testing, data, treatments, health care workforce, and clear public health standards.
4. Immediately expand emergency relief and exercise the Defense Production Act.
5. Safely reopen schools, businesses, and travel while protecting workers.
6. Protect those most at risk and advance equity, including across racial, ethnic and rural/urban lines.
5. Safely reopen schools, businesses, and travel while protecting workers.
6. Protect those most at risk and advance equity, including across racial, ethnic and rural/urban lines.
7. Restore U.S. leadership globally and build better preparedness for future threats.
The report is filled with specifics for each goal.
But to me, the most important part of the whole document is the first two words of it’s title: “national strategy”.
A coordinated response at the federal level has been missing since day one. THIS is how we end this pandemic.
But to me, the most important part of the whole document is the first two words of it’s title: “national strategy”.
A coordinated response at the federal level has been missing since day one. THIS is how we end this pandemic.
