Listen to a conversation with Dr. Sonja Rasmussen who spent 20 years
at the CDC working on pandemics. Rasmussens’s experience with
previous outbreaks provide unique insight into the challenges
we face today across the country and the world. Among the topics discussed
are:

Origins of COVID-19
The early response from China
The impact of the travel ban
Balancing economic and medical issues
Next steps in the battle

Homeland Preparedness News sits down with Greg Burel, the former director of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). The SNS' massive inventory of critical medical products and drugs are essential in dispatching lifesaving supplies to the nation's emergency responders on the front lines of any public health crisis.

Burel discusses:
How SNS functions during a national emergency
How SNS is funded and if its current funding is adequate to combat pandemics
What SNS items are most needed to stop the spread of COVID-19
What a post-pandemic America looks like