Biosafety Labs, Public Safety, and Politics
On May 25, 2023, the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, a biosafety level 4 lab, proudly opened its doors in Manhattan, Kansas.
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Read more: Running Cover for Death: Pandemic Minimizers Normalize an Inhumane Baseline Running Cover for Death: Pandemic Minimizers Normalize an Inhumane Baseline
We should resist the temptation to justify the present level of death as better than some counterfactual.
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Read more: Learning from the ‘COVID War’ Learning from the ‘COVID War’
Preventing pandemic destruction is not just a question of “how to.” It is a question of organizing power from below.
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Read more: The Future of Public Health Law Lies in the Past — And Lawyers Need to Learn It The Future of Public Health Law Lies in the Past — And Lawyers Need to Learn It
It’s a good thing that the cholera epidemic of 1854 didn’t arise today. By Judge Mizelle’s decision, the CDC would not have the power to close the well.
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Read more: 4 Years into the COVID-19 Pandemic: Where We Stand 4 Years into the COVID-19 Pandemic: Where We Stand
By declaring the pandemic over by fiat, the government is giving up the fight when they should be redoubling their efforts.
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Read more: Playing the Long Game for Public Health Law Playing the Long Game for Public Health Law
A persuasive political case must be made to bolster public health law and invest in the capacity of the public health system.
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Read more: Federalizing Public Health Federalizing Public Health
The most promising path forward in public health is to continue recognizing federal authority and responsibility in this space.
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Read more: Unmasking Public Health Unmasking Public Health
It is time for our public health entities to reinvigorate their role as a force of legal and moral suasion to protect the public’s health.
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Read more: Does It Really Matter How the COVID-19 Pandemic Started? Does It Really Matter How the COVID-19 Pandemic Started?
Debating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic is a fool’s errand. Considering laboratory accidents writ large, however, is important.
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Read more: Relying on the Unreliable? COVID-19 Claims Can’t Proceed Without a Proper Standard of Care Relying on the Unreliable? COVID-19 Claims Can’t Proceed Without a Proper Standard of Care
Without a reliable standard of care, COVID-19 tort claims should not see the success achieved in other contagious disease cases.
