A Look at the Government’s Response to Past Large Scale Outbreaks

This section of Balla’s Bureaucracy and Democracy discusses the national strategy used to respond to past largescale disease outbreaks such as H1N1 and the Avian flu. The text also discusses how various theories are used to forecast the future and can help frame class discussions around our government’s response to COVID 19 and how it differs from the past.

A Look at the Government’s Response to Past Largescale Outbreaks