Beyond the Pandemic: Insights and Lessons for the Future
WIF’s December event with speakers, Dr. Stewart Simonson and Dr Arthur Kaplan was a very informative and elucidative one about post-pandemic insights and lessons learned. The post-pandemic period revealed significant failures and successes across various sectors, regional and global, including vaccine inequity, economic disparities, misinformation, inadequate efforts to address the root causes of zoonotic disease outbreaks, etc. Conversely, successes included rapid vaccine development, increased community resilience and effective testing methods. The pandemic highlighted the ethical need for stronger global policies to prevent future pandemics, a greater international and regional response nexus, greater transparency, the importance of primary medical care for all and the need for a pandemic accord. These lessons offer a critical foundation for addressing future global challenges more effectively.
Speakers
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Dr. Stewart SimonsonWHO Representative at the United Nations and Head of Office -
Dr. Arthur L. CaplanFounding Head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s Department of Population Health, New York City