More than 25 million people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus worldwide since the pandemic began, according to the World Health Organization and Johns Hopkins University. Many countries, including the United States, are experiencing a resurgence of cases as nations begin opening up their economies for work, school, travel, and social gatherings. “Given the colossal catastrophe we've experienced, there needs to be something of that ilk as a way of pulling the country together and laying down in a very clear way what happens next,” says J. Stephen Morrison, director of the Global Health Policy Center at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington, DC think tank. “It needs to be done with investigative authority, and it's going to require exceptional leadership and speed.” “We shouldn’t think that, once we get to a vaccine—whenever that is—and once we’re able to arrest this virus, that we’ll be able to rest easy. We are in a new era of more frequent, higher-impact, higher-velocity zoonotic threats.” Join WACC and the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Thursday, September 10th as we learn from the Global Health Policy Center's Director Dr. J. Stephen Morrison about the ongoing COVID-19 threat around the world, strategies for reducing the risk of infections, and coordinated inter-governmental cooperation for vaccine development.
