How COVID-19 Changes Geopolitics, A Health Education Opportunity, and More

April 7, 2020

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“The real risk is that a long crisis will eviscerate international cooperation—among Western allies and between America and China—and leave a more anarchic world in which all are against all.” Thomas Wright explains how geopolitics will be permanently altered in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The CDC has detailed guidance for schools on COVID-19, but they provide no specific guidance on the importance of incorporating public health messages into ongoing teaching and learning. With 90% of the world’s students impacted by school closures, Rebecca Winthrop calls for a new focus on health education.

“As COVID-19 starkly exposes the frailties of our health, welfare, and justice systems, there is an opportunity—and imperative—to restructure them after the pandemic subsides.” Hanna Love and Jennifer Vey argue that if America fails to include its most vulnerable in the COVID-19 recovery, the country will only reinforce the glaring inequities seen today.

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