Tara Kirk Sell
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Misinformation during disease outbreaks | Tara Kirk Sell (2020)
Tara Kirkell of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security critiques the U.S. federal government's inconsistent pandemic response and eroded public trust while advocating for evidence-based strategies like mass contact tracing and risk-matrix reopenings. Drawing on data from the Center's Disease Prediction Project and new funding from the Open Philanthropy Project, she highlights the critical need for improved surveillance, early testing capacity, and technological innovations to prevent future biological catastrophes. The analysis contrasts U.S. failures with successful international models and emphasizes that long-term biosecurity requires shifting from reactive panic cycles to sustained investment in generic countermeasures and disease forecasting infrastructure.