Pandemic Crisis Management

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Juris Doctor

International frameworks, government structures, and populations have struggled with the challenges of modern pandemics. SARS, MERS, Ebola, Avian flu, and now COVID 19 have repeatedly demonstrated the importance of effective crisis management methods, enabled by robust processes at multiple levels. The painful flaws exposed in the COVID 19 experience will likely cause the examination of many societal and political norms, and trigger widespread demand for improvements. This course examines the recent record of substantive pandemic crisis management readiness, the policy choices implemented during this event, the prospects for reform, and the major essential policy initiatives that could establish better pandemic preparedness.