THOUGHT LEADER
Getting the Buses Rolling After the Pandemic
Written By Michael Dorn T
hough an unprecedented event in modern times, the COVID-19 pandemic is the type of epidemiological
event that many public health ex- perts have been concerned about for more than two decades. As the event unfolded, I vividly recalled pub- lic health experts expressing great concern when I worked on pan- demic planning teams and attended training sessions, while serving with the Georgia Office of Homeland Security in the wake of the Sept. 11,
2001 attacks. Our agency’s pandemic expert, veterinarian Dr. Paul Wil- liams, was particularly concerned about how rapidly various hybrid viruses could “jump” from animal species to humans, with devastating effects. Williams was recruited to the agency because veterinarians are very familiar with many of the biological organisms common to animals, and because of the poten- tial for intentional use of biological agents by terrorists and other violent extremists.
Williams, Georgia Department of
Public Health personnel, experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and others I worked with after being selected as the state anti-terrorism planner and later as the lead program manager for the terrorism division, were deeply concerned that the U.S. was highly exposed to the type of event we are experiencing today. State, federal public health, homeland security, and other agencies began dramati- cally ramping up efforts in this area.
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