Open AccessPublic health activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Report from the US
Author(s) -
Kenneth Rabin,
Lauren Rauh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
zeszyty naukowe ochrony zdrowia, zdrowie publiczne i zarządzanie/zeszyty naukowe ochrony zdrowia, zdrowie publiczne i zarządzanie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2084-2627
pISSN - 1731-7398
DOI - 10.4467/20842627oz.20.018.12771
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , public health , politics , political science , disease , undercut , development economics , medicine , environmental health , economic growth , virology , law , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , outbreak , economics , engineering , structural engineering
With more than 6.5 million known cases and nearly 195,000 deaths as of 9 September 2020, the United States has been gravely affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic. The nation’s response can only be described as inconsistent and ineffective. The role of the once preeminent US Centers for Disease Control has been undercut. The extent of infection and death can be attributed to the failure of many Americans to wear masks and maintain physical distance, appropriate behaviors which the nation’s political leadership has advocated to some degree but failed to adopt in practice.