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#DeplatformIcke: How Big Tech Powers and Profits from David Icke's Lies and Hate, and Why it Must Stop
From the Introduction: "For many people, David Icke is a joke, whose public life ended when he declared himself the 'son of God' live on the BBC thirty years ago. In truth that interview was the start of a new and profitable career as a professional conspiracy theorist, in which Icke has spent decades promoting bigotry and misinformation. Icke's popularity was turbocharged by social media, where he has an audience of two million followers. His website is one of the 1,000 most popular in the UK. Recent polling by Hope Not Hate revealed that more than half of the UK population have heard of Icke. The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic, however, has clarified the threat David Icke poses to public safety. His conspiracy theories about COVID-19 have been viewed over 30 million times on social media, making him the leading producer of misinformation on the disease. [...] The only way to rein in Icke's hate and misinformation is to deplatform him now, before inaction on his lies and hate end up costing lives."
Center for Countering Digital Hate
2020
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Update: COVID-19-Related Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
From the Introduction: "The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] outbreak an international pandemic in March 2020. Since then, the pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on peoples' lives around the world. Countries have responded by imposing a variety of public health measures, and implementing stimulus programmes to help protect individuals and companies. These measures have evolved over the last six months, in response to the changing situation in different countries. Changes in behaviour as a result of the pandemic - whether the behaviour of individuals, companies or governments - have in turn presented criminals with new opportunities to commit crimes and launder the proceeds. The FATF [Financial Action Task Force] has been monitoring these changes in criminal activity, their impact on anti-money-laundering/counter-terrorist-financing (AML/CFT) regimes, and the measures that governments have implemented to respond to the different types of challenges presented. This has included the publication of a paper in May on COVID-19 risks and policy responses, supplemented by a series of webinars with participants from both the public and private sectors. Since May, the FATF has continued to collect and assess relevant information on the impact of the pandemic. [...] The purpose of this paper is to provide reporting entities, other private sector entities, and other stakeholders with additional information on COVID19 related money laundering and terrorist financing risks. This paper addresses both changes in predicate offences and changes in money laundering and terrorist financing activity."
Financial Action Task Force
2020
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COVID-19 Response Policies and the Care Economy: Mapping Economic and Social Policies in the ECE Region
From the Summary: "Care comprises all activities that enhance people's physical and emotional health and wellbeing. Care is essential for sustaining human life and for the reproduction of the workforce and societies. The care economy thus represents a fundamental contribution to economic production and sustainable development. Care work, both paid and unpaid, is currently mostly done by women. Despite its importance, care work continues to lack visibility. It is underestimated and disregarded in the design of economic and social policies, including in the ECE [Economic Commission for Europe] region. [...] This document presents a mapping of relevant policy measures directly impacting the care economy, including both paid and unpaid care. It focuses on six groups of policy interventions that have been included in COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] response and recovery packages throughout the ECE region."
United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe
2020-01?
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Facility After-Action Report / Improvement Plan [March 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020]
From the Scenario: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Pandemic was a global outbreak of a novel Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2], originating from Wuhan, China in late December 2019. The virus made its way into the United States via a human vector in late January / early February 2020. The SARS-CoV-2 virus was easily transmitted between humans through droplets from coughing, sneezing and even exhaling. Additionally, it was believed that approximately 30% of the population became asymptomatic carriers and spreaders of the virus. This made detecting illness extremely difficult and without widespread testing capability at the onset, almost impossible to prevent the spread of the disease into our most vulnerable populations in long-term care facilities."
Connecticut. Department of Public Health
2020
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COVID-19 and the State of K-12 Schools: Results and Technical Documentation from the Fall 2020 American Educator Panels COVID-19 Surveys
From the Webpage: "In spring 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to an unprecedented and sweeping shift in the landscape of public schooling in the United States. Beginning in March, schools across the country closed their doors and adopted remote learning supports that varied in degree and type. In May 2020, researchers from the RAND Corporation drew on RAND's American Educator Panels (AEP) to both document how schools were navigating these challenging circumstances and examine disparities in the supports schools were able to provide to teachers and students. Several reports based on these surveys provided a nationally representative picture of teaching and learning throughout spring 2020. In October 2020, RAND researchers once again surveyed principals and teachers through the AEP to gather information about how educators are approaching and experiencing the 2020-2021 school year. This report provides additional information about the sample, survey instrument, and resultant data for the COVID-19 surveys that were administered to principals and teachers during October 2020 via the RAND Corporation's AEP."
RAND Corporation
Kaufman, Julia H.; Diliberti, Melissa; Hunter, Gerald Paul . . .
2020
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Global Strategy for Shaping the Post-COVID-19 World
From the Executive Summary: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic is an acute public health and economic crisis that is further destabilizing an already weakened rules-based international system. With cooperation, determination, and resolve, however, the United States and its allies can recover from the crisis and revitalize an adapted rules-based system to bring about decades of future freedom, peace, and prosperity. [...] This strategy outlines the following overarching goals: [1] Mitigate the impact of COVID-19 and recover from the crisis as soon as possible in the health, economic, governance, and defense domains. [2] Seize the historic moment to lead a rejuvenation of an adapted rules-based global system that can endure for decades to come. The strategy focuses on four domains of action: health, economy, governance, and defense. Each domain contains a 'recovery' track, involving actions to limit the damage caused by the pandemic and facilitate a global rebound, and a 'rejuvenation' track, consisting of actions to adapt and reenergize a rules-based global system. Central to this strategy is close coordination among the United States and its allies and partners to leverage their combined economic, diplomatic, military, and scientific might."
Atlantic Council of the United States. Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Cimmino, Jeffrey; Katz, Rebecca; Kroenig, Matthew . . .
2020
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Guidelines for 911 Centers: Pandemic Planning
From the Document: "Maintaining operational and resilient emergency communications is imperative during pandemic response for both public health and safety, as well as community well-being. A critical component of emergency communications are 911 centers--to include emergency communication centers (ECC), public safety answering points (PSAP), public safety communication centers (PSCC), emergency operations centers (EOC), and other public service command centers. A pandemic presents an immediate threat to the ability of these centers to operate effectively. The following guidance is intended to support public safety partners across all levels of government when engaging in the development of pandemic plans that promulgate policies, procedures, governance, resource planning, and contingency considerations."
United States. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
2020?
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Guidelines for 911 Centers: Pandemic Operating Procedures
From the Document: "Maintaining operational and resilient emergency communications is imperative during pandemic response for both public health and safety and community well-being. A critical component of emergency communications are 911 centers--to include emergency communication centers (ECC), public safety answering points (PSAP), public safety communication centers (PSCC), emergency operations centers (EOC), and other public safety command centers. A pandemic presents a real and immediate threat to the ability of these centers to operate effectively. In response, CISA [Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency] has developed a series of guidance documents for all levels of government to use when addressing a pandemic and its potential impact to emergency communication centers. The following guidance is intended to support public safety partners across all levels of government when developing their policies and procedures to organize, train, and care for personnel while operating through a pandemic."
United States. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
2020?
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Guidelines for Executives: 911 Center Pandemic Recommendations
From the Document: "Maintaining operational and resilient emergency communications is imperative during pandemic response for both public health and safety, as well as community well-being. A critical component in delivering government services during any emergency, communications centers include public safety facilities at which 911 or other emergency communications lines are answered, calls are processed, and first responders are dispatched and managed."
United States. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
2020?
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Guidelines for 911 Centers: Cleaning and Disinfecting During a Pandemic
From the Document: "Maintaining operational and resilient 911 centers--to include emergency communication centers (ECC), public safety answering points (PSAP), public safety communication centers (PSCC), emergency operations centers (EOC), and other public safety command centers--is imperative during pandemic response for both public health and safety, as well as community well-being. A pandemic, such as coronavirus (COVID-19), presents a real and immediate threat to the ability of these critical centers to continue operations effectively. In response, CISA [Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency] has developed a series of recommendations for all levels of government to use when addressing a pandemic and its potential impact on 911 centers."
United States. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
2020
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Biological Research at the Department of Energy: Leveraging DOE's Unique Capabilities to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, Second Session, September 11, 2020
This is the September 11, 2020 hearing on "Biological Research at the Department of Energy: Leveraging DOE's Unique Capabilities to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic," held before the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. From the opening statement of Lizzie Fletcher Webex: "This hearing will examine the historic reasons for why the Department possesses advanced bioscience capabilities to address the Nation's great challenges and to stimulate innovation, how this expertise and DOE's [Department of Energy's] biological research tools are being leveraged to respond to the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic, and what future directions for the Department's biological system research can provide solutions for our Nation's most pressing issues." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Mary Maxon, Debra Mohnen, Glenn C. Randall, and Kelly C. Wrighton.
United States. Government Publishing Office
2020
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Recommendations into Action Brief COVID-19: Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces for Women and Girls
From the Introduction: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic has caused massive disruptions to daily lives and the operation of businesses and services, especially to health, social services, transport, hospitality, economic development, education, and recreation sectors with various measures in place in countries across different waves of the pandemic including: lockdowns, quarantines, curfews, social distancing, etc. The pandemic has exacerbated violence against women and girls in public and private spaces. [...] This brief details some of the ways safe city partners from different sectors, in a short six months, have taken action in line with the recommendations set out in UN Women's Policy brief on COVID-19 and Ensuring Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces for Women and Girls [hyperlink]. Leaders within and across countries, cities and communities continue to demonstrate their resolve as they work to implement their holistic Flagship programmes and ensure that the prevention and response to sexual harassment in public spaces and other forms of violence against women is firmly embedded in development and recovery plans. This action forms part of each city's multi-year comprehensive safe city and safe public spaces initiative with women and girls."
UN Women
2020?
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Attitudes on Voting in 2020: Preparing for Elections During a Pandemic
From the Document: "The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has presented a severe threat to state election plans in 2020 for primaries and for the general election. To conduct an election during a potentially continuing threat from COVID-19, states need to consider how to conduct voter registration and provide voting options. How voters perceive and respond to these measures could affect turnout. RAND authors analyzed responses from 2,389 survey respondents about their expectations for public safety, election integrity, and the preparedness of local officials to manage the November 2020 election in the pandemic context. Responses indicate that both demographic characteristics and political partisanship influence respondent attitudes toward election safety, integrity, and preparedness. Although most voters say they believe that voting will be safe and that their vote will be counted despite the pandemic, those who question election safety and some who question election integrity appear less likely to vote."
RAND Corporation
Kavanagh, Jennifer, 1981; Gibson, C. Ben; Hodgson, Quentin E.
2020
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Options for Ensuring Safe Elections: Preparing for Elections During a Pandemic
From the Description: "The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has presented a severe threat to state election plans in 2020 for primaries and for the general election. To conduct an election during a potentially continuing threat from COVID-19, states need to consider how to conduct voter registration and provide voting options. Several voting and registration options are available to states to ensure the safety of elections despite the pandemic. These options are outlined in this report, taking into account the factors that officials will have to examine in determining how to conduct the election safely; the advantages and challenges of each approach; and levels of risk regarding safety, integrity, access, and logistics. This report is part of RAND's Countering Truth Decay initiative, which is focused on restoring the role of facts, data, and analysis in U.S. political and civil discourse and the policymaking process."
RAND Corporation
Hodgson, Quentin E.; Kavanagh, Jennifer, 1981; Garg, Anusree . . .
2020
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Strengthening Privacy Protections in COVID-19 Mobile Phone-Enhanced Surveillance Programs
From the Document: "Dozens of countries, including the United States, have been using mobile phone tools and data sources for COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] surveillance activities, such as tracking infections and community spread, identifying populated areas at risk, and enforcing quarantine orders. These tools can augment traditional epidemiological interventions, such as contact tracing with technology-based data collection (e.g., automated signaling and record-keeping on mobile phone apps). As the response progresses, other beneficial technologies could include tools that authenticate those with low risk of contagion or that build community trust as stay-at-home orders are lifted. However, the potential benefits that COVID-19 mobile phone-enhanced public health ('mobile') surveillance program tools could provide are also accompanied by potential for harm. There are significant risks to citizens from the collection of sensitive data, including personal health, location, and contact data. People whose personal information is being collected might worry about who will receive the data, how those recipients might use the data, how the data might be shared with other entities, and what measures will be taken to safeguard the data from theft or abuse. The risk of privacy violations can also impact government accountability and public trust."
RAND Corporation
Boudreaux, Benjamin; DeNardo, Matthew A.; Denton, Sarah W. . . .
2020
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Data Privacy During Pandemics: A Scorecard Approach for Evaluating the Privacy Implications of COVID-19 Mobile Phone Surveillance Programs
From the Description: "Public health officials around the world are struggling to respond to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. To contain the highly infectious disease, governments have turned to mobile phone surveillance programs to augment traditional public health interventions. These programs have been designed to track COVID-19 symptoms, map population movement, trace the contacts of infected persons, enforce quarantine orders, and authorize movement through health passes. Although these programs enable more-robust public health interventions, they also raise concerns that the privacy and civil liberties of users will be violated. In this report, the authors evaluate the short- and long-term privacy harms associated with the use of these programs--including political, economic, and social harms. They consider whether two potentially competing goals can be achieved concurrently: (1) the use of mobile phones as public health surveillance tools to help manage COVID 19 and future public health crises, and (2) the protection of privacy and civil liberties."
RAND Corporation
Boudreaux, Benjamin; DeNardo, Matthew A.; Denton, Sarah W. . . .
2020
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Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine
From the Description: "In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the societal disruption it has brought, national governments and the international community have invested billions of dollars and immense amounts of human resources to develop a safe and effective vaccine in an unprecedented time frame. Vaccination against this novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), offers the possibility of significantly reducing severe morbidity and mortality and transmission when deployed alongside other public health strategies and improved therapies. Health equity is intertwined with the impact of COVID-19 and there are certain populations that are at increased risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19. In the United States and worldwide, the pandemic is having a disproportionate impact on people who are already disadvantaged by virtue of their race and ethnicity, age, health status, residence, occupation, socioeconomic condition, or other contributing factors. 'Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine' offers an overarching framework for vaccine allocation to assist policy makers in the domestic and global health communities. Built on widely accepted foundational principles and recognizing the distinctive characteristics of COVID-19, this report's recommendations address the commitments needed to implement equitable allocation policies for COVID-19 vaccine."
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Gayle, Helene D.; Foege, William H., 1936-; Kahn, Benjamin . . .
2020
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Experiences of Community Health Centers in Expanding Telemedicine
From the Description: "'Telemedicine,' or the provision of health care services at a distance by means of telecommunications technology, can improve access to care by bringing medical care into communities with limited access to providers or facilities, reduce wait times, and improve convenience. However, when telemedicine is offered in safety-net settings, it tends to be a low-volume service. To explore this issue, the California Health Care Foundation invested in the Sustainable Models of Telehealth in the Safety Net (SMTSN) initiative, which was in place from 2017 to 2020 and provided funding for telemedicine staff for 24 months. RAND researchers evaluated the experiences of health centers that participated in the initiative. Although the SMTSN initiative and this evaluation occurred before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic dramatically altered the regulation, reimbursement, and use of telemedicine services across the health care system in spring 2020, the findings presented in this report are relevant to health centers that are trying to rapidly expand telemedicine in response to the pandemic. Also, the barriers and strategies identified in the evaluation are likely to have ongoing relevance once some of the changes in place for the duration of the emergency are rolled back."
RAND Corporation
Uscher-Pines, Lori; Sousa, Jessica; Palimaru, Alina I. (Alina Ionela) . . .
2020
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Case for a Telemedicine Coordinator: Lessons Learned from the Sustainable Models of Telemedicine in the Safety Net Initiative
From the Description: "This brief report offers lessons learned about telemedicine staffing and the coordinator role from the experience of nine community health centers in California that participated in the Sustainable Models of Telehealth in the Safety Net (SMTSN) initiative, which was funded by the California Health Care Foundation. As part of the SMTSN initiative, which aimed to support community health centers in increasing telemedicine volume, most participating health centers hired telemedicine coordinators or maintained someone in a coordinator role. The health centers tailored the coordinator role to what was needed based on each center's unique staffing and telemedicine models. Experiences with the coordinator role might be informative for health care settings that are planning for or currently implementing clinic-based telemedicine programs."
RAND Corporation
Sousa, Jessica; Palimaru, Alina I. (Alina Ionela); Ober, Allison J. . . .
2020
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Promising Practices for Telemedicine Implementation
From the Webpage: "As part of the Sustainable Models of Telehealth in the Safety Net initiative process evaluation, staff from health centers in California described numerous promising practices that facilitated telemedicine implementation. In the context of the initiative, a 'promising practice' was defined as a practice that shows potential to support the growth and sustainability of telemedicine programs in safety-net settings. Promising practices are associated with successful outcomes in certain circumstances. However, there is not yet sufficient evidence to prove that they will be effective across settings. The practices discussed in this report fall into the following categories: practices to reduce or manage no-shows, practices to facilitate communication between primary care providers and specialists, practices for negotiating favorable contracts with telemedicine providers, practices to reduce obligations for on-site staff, practices to improve patient buy-in for telemedicine, practices to improve provider buy-in for telemedicine, practices to improve sustainability, and miscellaneous practices."
RAND Corporation
Palimaru, Alina I. (Alina Ionela); Sousa, Jessica; Ober, Allison J. . . .
2020
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Rapid Expert Consultation on SARS-CoV-2 Surface Stability and Incubation for the COVID-19 Pandemic
From the Document: "In response to a request from the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a standing committee of experts to help inform OSTP on critical science and policy issues related to emerging infectious diseases and other public health threats. The standing committee includes approximately 15 members with expertise in emerging infectious diseases, public health, public health preparedness and response, biological sciences, clinical care and crisis standards of care, risk communication, and regulatory issues. This publication provides feedback on questions about the survival of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] virus on surfaces and the incubation period between exposure and onset of symptoms."
National Academies Press (U.S.)
2020
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Crisis Standards of Care: Ten Years of Successes and Challenges, Proceedings of a Workshop
From the Description: "In 2009 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) began to assess the need for better-defined medical and public health crisis standards of care (CSC) for catastrophic disasters and public health emergencies. Over the next 10 years, the IOM defined templates for those stakeholders responsible for integrated CSC planning and implementation; created a tool kit with guidance on indicators and triggers; provided a discussion kit for stakeholders to use with their own communities to establish appropriate indicators and triggers to guide their planning; disseminated the messages and key concepts of CSC; and built on the initial efforts to refine certain elements and address remaining gaps. This current Proceedings of a Workshop captures the discussions from a 2019 workshop reviewing the successes and gaps over the last 10 years of CSC work, in order to inform the next phases of planning and implementation."
National Academy Press (U.S.)
Snair, Megan Reeve; Attal-Juncqua, Aurelia; Wollek, Scott
2020
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Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in Public Safety
From the Executive Summary: "2018 was definitely the year of Artificial Intelligence, after demonstrating its full potential in various areas of science and technology; the Public Safety domain is not an exception. Artificial Intelligence (AI), and specifically Machine Learning (ML), are being tested in an increasing number of fields, including data-centric environments. Image or text analysis, speech recognition, chatbot interactions, custom machine learning models… all these are elements that could enable the AI journey of a public safety and security organisation. This document dives into different aspects of integrating AI & ML in Public Safety activities, at different levels and in different domains of activity. It presents ethical and regulatory considerations, real examples from Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) and Emergency Response Organisations (EROs), and also initiatives that can benefit the public sector greatly, with a series of recommendations at the end."
European Emergency Number Association
Gomez, Iratxe
2019-12-16
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Global Health and Security: Threats and Opportunities
From the Document: "In this Perspective, the authors review the current scope and operations of global health security, identify emerging threats, and assess how adequately current visions of global health security account for these threats. Two main issues within global health security are identified: 'slow-burn' problems--whose long-term effects are underestimated, potentially causing them to receive insufficient attention until it is too late to reverse the damage--and emerging technologies that have beneficial uses but that also can be used as weapons. The authors of this Perspective propose that a broader definition of global health security should be considered--one that would extend well beyond the threats of pandemics and bioweapons of mass destruction. In addition, global health security requires greater systematic focus on the complex interlinkages among human physical and mental health, animal health, and the environment. Policymakers will face the challenge of balancing agility and rapid decisionmaking during times of crisis with a holistic scope that encompasses both imminent and future threats."
RAND Corporation
Bouskill, Kathryn E.; Smith, Elta
2019-12
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Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance
From the Introduction: "Antibiotics have transformed the practice of medicine and save millions of lives each year. Yet, all we have come to expect from antibiotics is at risk. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) -- the phenomenon whereby antibiotics lose their effectiveness due to mutations in the pathogens they are designed to treat -- is on the rise. Resistance is a natural phenomenon, but it is much accelerated due to overuse and misuse of antibiotics in human, animal, and agricultural applications. [...] The Aspen Health Strategy Group selected antimicrobial resistance as its topic for discussion in 2019, its fourth year. This group of leaders in and outside health care spent three days considering the topic with the assistance of subject matter experts who prepared four background papers to frame the conversation. The group emerged with five big ideas to tackle antimicrobial resistance."
Aspen Institute. Health Strategy Group
Sebelius, Kathleen, 1948-; Thompson, Tommy George, 1941-; Weil, Alan R. . . .
2019-12
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Conspiracy Theorising Online: Memes as a Conspiracy Theory Genre
From the Abstract: "There is no shortage of conspiratorial thinking at the moment, and also 'research on conspiracy theories is currently thriving' (Butter & Knight 2016: 1). However, very little has been said about conspiracy theorising online and the digital infrastructures for conspiracy theorising, and even less about the exact shape of conspiracy theory discourse online, or how conspiracy theories are constructed and circulated making use of digital affordances. This paper is an attempt to fill some of that gap, by examining memes as a genre for conspiracy theorising online."
Tilburg University (Tilburg, Netherlands)
Varis, Piia
2019-12
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Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) Training Presentation, Guide, & Plan Templates
From the Webpage: "This Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) training package will help ensure that critical services, organizational functions, and programs remain operational or are restored as soon as possible after a disaster or emergent event. Utilize these tools to help your organization create or update your Continuity of Operations Plan. These materials are geared toward Community-based Human Service Organizations, and specifically those who serve children."
RCRC Initiative
2019-11
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Ending the Cycle of Crisis and Complacency in U.S. Global Health Security
From the document: "The United States faces heightened danger in an increasingly interconnected world. As the global population presses towards 9.7 billion by 2050 and expands into wild frontiers, as agriculture becomes more intensive, as cities of greater density and scale proliferate, and as the earth grows hotter, the threat of new emerging infectious diseases rises steeply. [...] The business case to invest early in preparedness is crystal clear--and powerful. The United States must either pay now and gain protection and security or wait for the next epidemic and pay a much greater price in human and economic costs. [...] The steps we have laid out are the foundation of the Commission's proposed U.S. doctrine of continuous prevention, protection, and resilience."
Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.)
2019-11
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2019 Global Health Security Index: Building Collective Action and Accountability
From the Executive Summary: "Biological threats--natural, intentional, or accidental--in any country can pose risks to global health, international security, and the worldwide economy. Because infectious diseases know no borders, all countries must prioritize and exercise the capabilities required to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to public health emergencies. Every country also must be transparent about its capabilities to assure neighbors it can stop an outbreak from becoming an international catastrophe. In turn, global leaders and international organizations bear a collective responsibility for developing and maintaining robust global capability to counter infectious disease threats. This capability includes ensuring that financing is available to fill gaps in epidemic and pandemic preparedness. These steps will save lives and achieve a safer and more secure world. [...] The GHS [Global Health Security] Index is intended to be a key resource in the face of increasing risks of high-consequence and globally catastrophic biological events and in light of major gaps in international financing for preparedness. These risks are magnified by a rapidly changing and interconnected world; increasing political instability; urbanization; climate change; and rapid technology advances that make it easier, cheaper, and faster to create and engineer pathogens."
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Nuclear Threat Initiative; Economist Intelligence Unit (New York, N.Y.)
Cameron, Elizabeth E.; Nuzzo, Jennifer B.; Bell, Jessica A. . . .
2019-10
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Executive Order 13887: Modernizing Influenza Vaccines in the United States to Promote National Security and Public Health
From Sec. 2: "It is the policy of the United States to modernize the domestic influenza vaccine enterprise to be highly responsive, flexible, scalable, and more effective at preventing the spread of influenza viruses. This is a public health and national security priority, as influenza has the potential to significantly harm the United States and our interests, including through large-scale illness and death, disruption to military operations, and damage to the economy. This order directs actions to reduce the United States' reliance on egg-based influenza vaccine production; to expand domestic capacity of alternative methods that allow more agile and rapid responses to emerging influenza viruses; to advance the development of new, broadly protective vaccine candidates that provide more effective and longer lasting immunities; and to support the promotion of increased influenza vaccine immunization across recommended populations."
United States. Office of the Federal Register
Trump, Donald, 1946-
2019-09-19
