The hijacking of public health and the price paid during the COVID-19 pandemic | NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence, Integrated Systems for Epidemic Response

The catastrophic failure of many Western democracies such as the US, UK and many European countries to control COVID-19 has been shocking. Prior to this pandemic, there has been a long-held view in these same countries that only fragile states and low-income countries will fail during a pandemic, and would need benevolent assistance from high income countries.
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