The Covid-19 pandemic provides a historic opportunity to implement a Public Health New Deal that addresses drivers of health and modernizes essential components of America's public health infrastructure, write Susan Blumenthal & Rebekah Gee | CNNOpinion
Rear Admiral Susan Blumenthal, MD, MPA , former US Assistant Surgeon General, is the Senior Medical Advisor at amfAR, a Senior Fellow in Health Policy at New America, Clinical Professor at Tufts and Georgetown University Schools of Medicine, and a Visiting Professor at the MIT Media Lab. Rebekah Gee, MD, MPH is CEO of Healthcare Services for Louisiana State University and a member of the National Academy of Medicine.
Covid-19 has crippled the US economy, compromised the health of our nation and exposed the shameful health disparities that negatively affect people of color and those living in poverty.
Susan Blumenthal, MDRebekah Gee, MDOur country urgently needs a Public Health New Deal modeled on the framework of the New Deal, a series of public works projects and social and economic reforms enacted by President Franklin Roosevelt in response to the Great Depression. A study published last week in JAMA found that the lack of a consistent, well coordinated response combined with weak national public health infrastructure likely contributed to the high Covid-19 death rates in America.
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