453 - Why It’s Still Too Soon to End the US’s COVID-19 Emergency Response

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ending the US’s COVID-19 state of emergency has far-reaching effects and may leave Americans vulnerable to the next pandemic. Reducing spending on COVID-19 now could mean fewer tests, reduced access to vaccines and a weakened understanding of how COVID-19 is behaving. Health policy expert</span> <strong>Dr. Zeke Emmanuel</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">of the University of Pennsylvania joins the podcast to talk with</span> <strong>Stephanie Desmon</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">about why ending the response too soon is so shortsighted and may have impacts on securing much-needed reforms to health care and insurance, protecting people from future variants, studying the effects of long COVID, and preparing for the next pandemic.</span></p>