Dornsife Dialogues: Pandemic Preparedness: What Went Wrong and What Have We Learned?
Why weren\u2019t we better prepared for the COVID-19 outbreak and what can we learn from our current ordeal to be better prepared for the next pandemic? USC Dornsife\u2019s\xa0Andrew Lakoff\xa0and\xa0Nils Gilman, Vice President of Programs at the Berggruen Institute, talks with journalist and author\xa0Mark Perry\xa0about how the U.S. did and didn\u2019t prepare for COVID-19. Lakoff, Professor of Sociology and Divisional Dean of Social Sciences, is the author of\xa0Unprepared: Global Health in a Time of Emergency, in which he describes the challenges of properly anticipating and preparing for biological threats. Gilman previously worked as Associate Chancellor at the University of California Berkeley and as Research Director and scenario planning consultant at the Monitor Group and Global Business Network. Perry is a contributing editor at The American Conservative and writes for Politico and Foreign Policy. His latest book is titled\xa0The Pentagon\u2019s Wars.\xa0Watch the video >>
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