Words Matter

The Presidency & Pandemics

03.02.2020 - By The DSR NetworkPlay

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Since World War 2, US presidents have had to deal with pandemics as part of their job – the Eisenhower Administration fast-tracked the polio vaccine. Gerald Ford dealt with Swine Flu, Ronald Reagan’s legacy is marred by his Administration’s inaction on AIDS in the 1980s and of course, President Obama confronted the global threat of Ebola.

And now we have the Coronavirus – this week Katie and Joe, talk about the Presidency and pandemics.

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