Public Health Is a National Security Issue

[searcher]

Public Health Is a National Security Issue​

On 11 May 2023, the federal public health emergency related to the coronavirus expired. As U.S. citizens breathe a sigh of relief that the COVID-19 pandemic might actually be over, it is a good time to review the nation’s preparedness for similar emerging national security threats. Bottom-line: “Domestic preparedness” remains an illusion.

After at least ten major “incidents of national significance”—including the COVID-19 pandemic—over the past two decades, the nation has demonstrated an inability to conduct an effective incident management response.1 This is especially true for the healthcare and public health critical infrastructure and key resource sectors.

The reason for this continual failure? Public health does not get a seat at the table when it comes to addressing national security issues. In fact, public health has never really been treated as a national security concern. This is a fatal mistake.

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Public Health Is a National Security Issue

Threats to the nation’s health are threats to national security.

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[Chigg]

Public Health Is a National Security Issue​

The reason for this continual failure? Public health does not get a seat at the table when it comes to addressing national security issues. In fact, public health has never really been treated as a national security concern. This is a fatal mistake.

The reason for the failure is half the population , and rightfully so, doesn't trust the decision makers at the national level.

 

[Voodoo]

The people that run "Public Health" are god damn security issues.... That's for sure.

 

[Joe King]

The reason for the failure is half the population , and rightfully so, doesn't trust the decision makers at the national level.

That's not the reason for the failure. The reason for the failure is that half DID trust the decision makers at the national level.

The half the didn't trust them did the right thing. It's the half who trusted them that was the problem.

 

[TheRealZed]

One size fits all, yeah that won't create a 'single point of failure'...

Stupid is as stupid does.