Pandemics and Polarization

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Pandemics and Polarization is written by Nathan Myers and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 149856819X (ISBN 10) and 9781498568197 (ISBN 13).

Partisan divisions over policy in the U.S. Congress and rising disease threats put millions of Americans at risk. The Zika public health emergency is used to illustrate the key functions of coordination, providing countermeasures, and engaging in disease surveillance which the government must engage in during such an emergency. The author looks at how the standoff over Zika funding negatively affected the government’s response within federal agencies, as well as at the state and local level. Also examined in the book are serious threats still on the horizon that are expected to require strong government action in the future. Possible policies to avoid future gridlock are considered.