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One month in, how Biden has changed disaster management and the US COVID-19 response

  • Written by Brian J. Gerber, Associate Professor, Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions and Co-Director, Center for Emergency Management and Homeland Security, Arizona State University
imageThe National Guard joined forces with FEMA to launch a mass vaccination site in Los Angeles.Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

After one month in office, the Biden administration has fundamentally changed how the federal government responds to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In direct contrast to his predecessor, President Joe Biden is treating this as a...

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