Will We Do Better Next Time?

Published: Feb. 19, 2021, 8:23 p.m.

b'Is there any good news? Are there any lessons from the crisis that should give us some optimism about how we contend with future pandemics? That\\u2019s what we try to untangle today with science journalist Jim Meigs. Jim helps us think about the promise of public-private partnerships that gave birth to Operation Warp Speed, as well as the new critical infrastructure we are building for vaccine manufacturing and hopefully distribution, and how we discern the public health news we get from political leaders, public health authorities and the media to inform our decisions during a crisis. We also discuss what we\\u2019ve learned about cultures at large institutions - government agencies and companies - and how they can make better decisions in a future crisis like this.'