Politics · 18 min
Deadliest Enemy
By Michael T. Osterholm | Mark Olshaker
This episode reveals why our ongoing, invisible war against microbes demands a fundamental shift from reactive panic to proactive, collective preparedness.
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Politics
Duration
18 min
What it is about
Public Health, Epidemics, Global Preparedness
Who it is for
If you've ever felt the whiplash of public health crises, from initial alarm to eventual complacency, this will clarify why we keep repeating the cycle, and this will help you see what to do next.
The author
Michael Osterholm, a world- epidemiologist, brings decades of direct experience battling infectious disease outbreaks to explain why our current approach to global health threats is fundamentally flawed and what true preparedness demands.
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