More than three years into theCOVID-19 pandemic and with America’s public-health emergency expiring on May 11, it is clear that this moment is an opportunity not only to reflect on successes but also to grapple with the setbacks, pitfalls, and failures that defined our response. The responsibility to improve our response to future health crises lies in correcting our failures in this one.
I was a senior researcher at the National Institutes
