The Covid Conundrum

“...what does it take to have democratic governance effectively manage something like a pandemic? [W]e have to figure out how to bring strong, effective public health responses to democratic governments.”  Dr. David Ross, ScD, President & CEO, The Task Force for Global Health. ---- Key Links https://taskforce.org/coronavirus-pandemic/ (The Task Force for Global Health) https://www.ifes.org/publications/elections-and-covid-19-response-analysis-2020-parliamentary-elections-serbia (Elections and COVID-19 Response Analysis: 2020 Parliamentary Elections in Serbia) https://www.ifes.org/ifes-covid-19-briefing-series (IFES COVID-19 Briefing Series) https://www.usaid.gov/coronavirus/fact-sheets (USAID’s COVID-19 Response: Fact Sheet) ----- All over the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has turned lives upside down, disrupted hundreds of elections, and challenged our status quo of what we typically expect democracies to deliver.  In this episode of Democracy! The Podcast, we’ll travel to Ethiopia to hear how elections transpired this spring in the midst of the Coronavirus outbreak and what might lie ahead for Africa’s 2nd most populous country when they plan to complete the voting process this fall.     Then we’ll check in on the situation in the Balkans.  Learn what citizens there had to say about what it would take for them to feel safe enough to vote. And finally, the head of the Task Force for Global Health, Dr. David Ross, sits down with Adrienne to get a 360-degree look at what he thinks has to happen for the Covid-19 pandemic to end.   Democracy! The Podcast is brought to you by the Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS) with support from the United States Agency for International Development through the Global Elections and Political Transitions Award.   ----- Follow https://twitter.com/cepps (CEPPS on Twitter).  http://cepps.org/podcast (Democracy! The Podcast) is hosted by CEPPS and Adrienne Ross.  This p