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Perspective

Politics and Pandemics

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  • Ron Klain, J.D.

If the world is to reduce the risk of a devastating pandemic, the medical community may have to publicly engage with controversial issues to help save us from the social trends, political movements, and policy failures that are elevating that risk.

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This article was published on November 7, 2018, at NEJM.org.

Author Affiliations

From Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA. Mr. Klain was the White House Ebola Response Coordinator from 2014 to 2015.

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