We went to hospitals and health departments and labs and drive up testing centers and nursing homes and tried to understand the data flow and where things were falling apart and how it could be better. And we really discovered that The systems that were in place were fine for everyday average public health needs but overwhelmed by the pandemic. And if you were only getting 10 cases of something or one case of something a week, it was fine. (17:53–17:59)
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Asserts that existing public health systems were inadequate for the pandemic's scale.
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