Rutgers Public Health Dean Warns US Unprepared for Next Pandemic Due to Crumbling Health Infrastructure
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Summary
Dr. Perry Halkitis, Dean of the Rutgers School of Public Health, warns that the United States is dangerously unprepared for future pandemics due to two interlocking crises in public health infrastructure. In an interview on Meidas Health with Dr. Vin Gupta, Halkitis argues that the recent hantavirus scare reveals systemic vulnerabilities, and that America's health security infrastructure has significantly deteriorated, leaving the nation exposed to biological threats of all magnitudes.
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Halkitis identified two interlocking crises at the heart of America's diminished pandemic preparedness.
America's public health infrastructure stands and how far it has to go.
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