The Great Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020—7 Critical Lessons

Authors

Lawrence O. Gostin, Georgetown University - Law Center - O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-10-2020

DOI

10.1001/jama.2020.18347

Abstract

The world is experiencing a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, causing untold human suffering and death, unraveling of social relationships, and robbing individuals of livelihoods and countries of prosperity. The coronavirus pandemic has strained health systems, revealed unconscionable inequalities, and upended international institutions. Here are 7 critical lessons.

Publication Citation

The Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 324, No. 18, Pp. 1816-1817.

Scholarly Commons Citation

Gostin, Lawrence O., "The Great Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020—7 Critical Lessons" (2020). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 2324.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/2324