Why America’s ‘unhealthy population’ is at greater risk for the next pandemic
St. Louis on the Air · St. Louis Public Radio
January 30, 202427m 43s
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Show Notes
According to Dr. Alex Garza, the best way to prepare for a future pandemic is to improve social resources, such as food access, education and transportation. Garza, who serves as Chief Community Health Officer at SSM Health, shares major takeaways from the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, how pandemics and wars have a “tremendous amount in common,” and the extent to which institutions — and the general public — are ready for future disease outbreaks.