Authors’ Note
Pandemic 2020
As publishing deadlines pass for The Politics Industry, the world is racing to beat back a nationless, faceless, dangerous adversary: the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Currently, one in four Americans have been ordered to “shelter in place.”1 Metropolitan hospitals are becoming overwhelmed, medical supplies are running short, and getting infected appears to be easier than getting tested. Many predict a trailing economic depression, with impacts that could be more painful for our country than those of the virus itself.2
It is surreal.
There will be a time to review in detail how our public officials responded throughout this crisis. That time is not now. As we fight to “flatten the curve” of infection, there are ...
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