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5 failures of political leaders during a public health crisis

“There are five traps political leaders can fall into when it comes to a public health emergency: 1. delay and downplay; 2. fudge the science; 3. isolation from the international community; 4. absence; and 5. double standards.” Sophie Harman Professor of International Politics at Queen Mary University of London.


This was mentioned on Evan Davis’s excellent Radio 4 programme on “Lessons on a crisis”.

Source: www.qmul.ac.uk

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