Tim Ziemer, the former Head of Global Health Security, left his office two years ago and was not replaced. In 2019, the budget for the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) was cut by 80%. Undervaluing public health in the United States has contributed to the coronavirus crisis.
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3/14/2020
By mid-March of 2020, coronavirus cases were rapidly increasing in the United States. Public health responses to the coronavirus included efforts to detect cases and trace contact and quarantining portions of the population.
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Anne Schuchat
5/8/2020
President Trump stated on Twitter that it was his decision when states would reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic. In response, governors in two separate regions announced that they are working together to coordinate reopening society in order to keep residents safe.
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Geoff Mulvihill
4/15/2020
The United States has surpassed all other nations in the reported number of people infected with the coronavirus. Across the country, officials are scrambling to find ventilators and protective gear and put in place stay-at-home orders. There is not a solid national plan for how to respond to the coronavirus, which has caused more people to get infected.
Read ArticleScience News
4/1/2020
The United States has slowed the spread of the virus through shutdowns and social distancing measures and hospitals have not surpassed their capacities. However, President Trump has also overhyped treatments that are dangerous or untested, the United States does not have adequate testing, and economic aid has not been efficiently distributed.
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Anthony Zurcher
5/13/2020
Countries like South Korea and New Zealand have done a better job than the United States at reducing the transmission of coronavirus. President Trump has fumbled the United States’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, and did not quickly develop a widespread testing program.
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Jack Holmes
5/5/2020
The United States has the most confirmed cases of coronavirus in the world and has tested people at a slower rate than most other developed countries. The U.S. health system was not prepared for a pandemic, which has led to more deaths.
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Dylan Scott & Rani Molla
5/11/2020
The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic continues to climb and millions of Americans are now unemployed; it didn’t have to be this way. Other countries like New Zealand, Norway, and Switzerland acted more quickly to curb the spread of the coronavirus and have suffered less damage.
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Haley Sweetland Edwards
5/14/2020
People in the United States are confused about what is happening with the coronavirus pandemic because states have all responded differently to the crisis. Every state tests at a different rate and counts results differently; as some states begin to open, others with similar rates of the virus remain closed.
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Amanda Mull
5/15/2020
The United States is losing the battle against the coronavirus because the government was too slow to respond. This podcast shows how the response has been a patchwork effort across the country; each state responded differently.
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Michael Barbaro, Claire Toeniskoetter, Rachel Quester & Kelly Prime
3/24/2020
