April 16, 2020
Full disclosure, I wasn’t sure I was going to publicly post this when I sat down to write it. Then I remembered at the end of the day, my job is to ensure everyone goes home safe and lessons are learned from mistakes, even if those mistakes are my own or my departments. COVID-19 has […]
April 14, 2020
As we settle into our new normal within the world of COVID-19 and evaluate the ongoing national response to the Coronavirus outbreak, we’ve seen varying degrees of effectiveness in managing the viruses spread across all levels of government. Regardless of where one stands on the political spectrum, there has been chaos, confusion, and uncertainty about […]
April 14, 2020
The response to the COVID-19 is presented a myriad of public policy problems. To me, what is most troubling is the amount of authority that has been vested in government bodies at all level. So far this week, the governor of South Carolina has closed all public beaches and boat ramps. In addition to those […]
April 10, 2020
Like millions of Americans and fellow citizens around the world, I am nervous about the overall threat COVID-19 presents to our society. While this disease might not be as deadly as some other pandemics we have had in the past, the rapid spread of this disease is worrisome if we do not unite under a […]
April 10, 2020
If I had to define the US response to COVID-19, the word would be divisive. From the top down, each level of government has struggled to make timely and effective decisions. Having just started work at a hospital, this situation begged the question: why, in the middle of flu season, in 2020, in a country […]
April 10, 2020
How do you know you’re making the right decisions when you’re dealing with something no one in the last 100 years has ever had to deal with? At the federal level, the response to COVID-19 has been reactionary and there’s a lot of woulda, coulda, shoulda going on right now from the public. Reports have […]
April 10, 2020
Over the last 100 years the United States public education system has changed to fit the needs of the citizens. One of the most recent changes which I personally feel will create new policies is how education has been mandated to give as well as receive: online. While homeschooling is not a new concept, it […]
April 10, 2020
Thinking about COVID-19 and the response the US as a whole has taken, I think politics have played too important a part. Decisions should be based on the best evidence presented and not on “will this get me elected or re-elected?” But we see this kind of response from the local levels all the way […]
April 10, 2020
As I reflect on COVID-19 global pandemic my mind is drawn to the fact that so much has changed in so very little time. The U.S. saw its very first cases of coronavirus on January 21st in Washington State. President Trump responds the following day via Twitter that we have everything under control. The White […]
