2017-01-13

A Politico article on March 20, 2020 ("Before Trump’s inauguration, a warning: ‘The worst influenza pandemic since 1918’") reports that 7 days before Trump's inauguration (1/13/17) future cabinet members participated in a simulation of a pandemic arranged by outgoing Obama administration members.

Links:

• Facilitated Group Discussion Pandemic Response
• Susan E. Rice NY Times op-ed, March 13, 2020
• Foreign Affairs, March 3, 2020, by Lisa Monaco: "Pandemic Disease Is a Threat to National Security: Washington Should Treat It Like One"
• Lawfare Blog, February 17, 2017 by Lisa Monaco: "The Dangers of Walling off America"
• The Next Pandemic Will Be Arriving Shortly: Deadly diseases like Ebola and the avian flu are only one flight away. The U.S. government must start taking preparedness seriously. By Lisa Monaco, Vin Gupta in Foreign Policy, September 28, 2018