Donald Trump fired the White House pandemic task force and now facing public health disaster

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article241223321.html

Opinion echo letter published in the Charlotte Observer in North Carolina

US needs a stronger public health system. Reinstate the pandemic task force: Let the caronavirus pandemic be a wake-up call.

The COVID-19 pandemic should be a wake-up call for America. Lessons learned include the need for a stronger public health system to coordinate such events. A hodgepodge of private health and insurance companies cannot do this. We need to re-institute the pandemic task force that was recently dismantled.

Also, it is time we all agree to make sure everyone has affordable health care so as not to have untreated people spreading disease. Health professionals and scientists, not politicians, should be the ones disseminating health information. This pandemic can be a force to unify our country in addressing our health care issues.

Dr. Vince Keipper, Concord North Carolina