When Even the Best-Laid Plans Get Lost

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Be prepared. It’s a great credo for parenting, camping, or, perhaps most important, an emergency. 

The world seemed ill-prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, but in reality, experts had extensive plans in place. They just did not get put into action. 

One of the planners was Dr. Jesse Goodman, an infectious diseases physician who has held leadership positions at the US Food and Drug Administration and who helped advise the White House. Now the director of the Center on Medical Product Access, Safety and Stewardship or COMPASS at Georgetown University, Dr. Goodman helped put together plans for fighting antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – known to many people as drug-resistant superbugs. He’s also helped plan for new influenza pandemics, as well as pandemics of other viruses. 

In this episode of One World, One Health, listen as Dr. Goodman describes the threats that face us, how to successfully plan for them, and what to do when those plans go wrong or fall short.