It would be easy to descend into despair, not only about the state of journalism, but the future … - Laurie Garrett

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For almost thirty years I repeatedly saw one and the same dream: I would arrive in Vienna at long last. I would feel really happy, for I was returning to my serene childhood.

Laurie Garrett

It would be easy to descend into despair, not only about the state of journalism, but the future of American democracy. But giving up is not an option. There is too much at stake.

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Without equity, pandemic battles will fail. Viruses will simply recirculate, and perhaps undergo mutations or changes that render vaccines useless, passing through the unprotected populations of the planet.

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At no time in history have we succeeded in making, in a timely fashion, a specific vaccine for more than 260 million people.

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Let's pretend there's a pandemic. Let's everybody run around and play your role. Main result is that there is tremendous confusion. . . . Nobody knows who's in charge. Nobody knows the chain of command.

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[W]hat suffers in the atmosphere of immediacy is analysis. What suffers in this search for speed is depth. The media in the wealthy world are becoming increasingly simplistic, superficial, and celebrity-focused.

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