Managing a State Response to a Global Pandemic: A conversation between Drs. Mandy Cohen and John Wiesman

Managing a State Response to a Global Pandemic: A conversation between Drs. Mandy Cohen and John Wiesman

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Moderator: Jason deBruyn, WUNC health reporter

Dr. Mandy Cohen was secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services during the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. John Wiesman was secretary of the Washington State Department of Health, which handled the first known case of COVID-19 in the United States.

In this conversation, they will discuss the experience of managing a state’s response to COVID-19. What was it like, what did they learn and how can we apply those lessons to future pandemics?