Four years after the emergence of the coronavirus infection, the United States finds itself less prepared to face a new viral threat. According to reports, this is due to lack of resources and increasing vaccine hesitancy among the public following the long Covid-19 pandemic. portal Axios quotes Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University in Rhode Island.
The expert said fundamental shortcomings in the country’s fight against the coronavirus are becoming more apparent, including the politicization of public health, understaffing of health workers and citizens’ growing hostility towards science.
Nuzzo warned that the next outbreak could be even more devastating.
Despite initial difficulties in virus tracking, testing and supply chains, the United States was able to quickly develop a vaccine.
But public health forces are weak and rising anti-vaccine sentiment could undermine an important tool in controlling the next outbreak.
Jennifer Nuzzo noted that not everything depends on the government and authorities, and that the increasing efforts of non-governmental organizations can play a decisive role in combating the epidemic. Additionally, affordable testing has given people the opportunity to take charge of their health and help fight the epidemic by staying at home.
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