id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-323696-0lq8ql6n Bearman, Gonzalo Reflections on the COVID-19 Pandemic in the USA: Will We Better Prepared Next Time? 2020-05-20 .txt text/plain 1856 134 51 We reflect on the US and the COVID-19 pandemic and focus on cultural, economic and structural barriers that threaten both current and future responses to infectious diseases emergencies. We reflect on the US and the COVID-19 pandemic and focus on cultural, economic and structural barriers that threaten both current and future responses to infectious diseases emergencies. These include the US healthcare delivery model, the defunding of public health, a scarcity of infectious diseases physicians, the market failure of vaccines and anti-infectives and the concept of American exceptionalism. These include the US healthcare delivery model, the defunding of public health, a scarcity of infectious diseases physicians, the market failure of vaccines and anti-infectives and the concept of American exceptionalism. 1 We reflect on the US and its response to the COVID-19 pandemic and focus on cultural, economic and structural barriers that threaten both current and future responses to infectious diseases emergencies. ./cache/cord-323696-0lq8ql6n.txt ./txt/cord-323696-0lq8ql6n.txt