Make it very clear that this is a public health emergency and not a hoax, someone else’s problem, or caused by a particular race or ethnicity. On January 30, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, MD, the WHO Director-General, declared the COVID-19 causing coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). Speaking of telling, health care experts have been telling everyone for years that our health care system is broken. It would be helpful to assemble a list of such questions and establish emergency mechanisms to provide rapid funding and other resources to address these questions. However, during a public health emergency, minimizing surprises, even good ones, is important.

Source: Forbes March 16, 2020 02:25 UTC