Our public health system is chronically underfunded, understaffed and in some sites being stripped of its legal powers.
. Collectively, this will weaken local, state and national efforts to address the next pandemic.
No one can see the disasters that are thwarted through preparedness, so it is easy to neglect the invisible. Monkeypox has shown us that the next pandemic can occur before we have properly controlled the previous one. It is thus imperative that we improve the public health system in this country and better prepare ourselves for yet another pandemic that could strike at any moment.
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