Ep. 28-Kent Watkins: Part 1 Coronavirus Pandemic Historical Similarities

Published: May 16, 2020, 9:17 p.m.

Kent Watkins, Founder and Chair of the Academy of Housing and Communities, looks at the coronavirus strategic issues from the historical perspective and futurist implications. He has worked with Chinese staff involved in mitigating disasters and talks about their discussions from December to March. He discusses the early environment of the coronovirus. As the pandemic progressed in the U.S., he began researching historical pandemics and past disasters of this type. In this video, he begins his historical perspective which is carried over into Part 2. The comparisons are eerily similar.