Philip Cohen cited in health policy and public response for COVID
Lisa Krieger and John Woolfok at the Mercury News (San Jose, California) reported on health policy and public response for COVID. "From the beginning, COVID-19 has been a complicated threat, invisible and abstract. Humans are wired to respond to immediate danger, like the earth rumbling beneath our homes. But it’s tougher to sustain vigilance - especially as the closures, initially intended to be brief, have dragged on," they wrote.
Faculty Associate Philip Cohen, quoted in the story, pointed out that decentralization of authority only works if local officials have strong guidance and support. Rural areas, he said, "just don’t have the infrastructure, the personnel, the experience or the resources to deal with the epidemic."