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What the US Can Learn from the Global Responses to COVID-19

POLITICO’s Ryan Heath joins Deep Dish to explains the lessons the United States can learn from countries around that world in the effort to contain COVID-19.
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Countries across the globe are rushing to contain COVID-19 and “flatten the curve”—with mixed results. After months of shutdowns China is slowly reopening; India has initiated a national lockdown; leaders in Brazil and Mexico have dismissed the danger; and Italy and Spain report high death totals and lack of medical supplies. POLITICO’s Ryan Heath joins Deep Dish  to explain the lessons the United States can learn from countries that are further ahead in the infection timeline. 

About the Speakers
Brian Hanson
Former Vice President, Studies
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Brian Hanson served as the vice president of studies at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He managed the Council's research operations and hosted the Council's weekly podcast, Deep Dish on Global Affairs.
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Co-Author of Axios AI+, Axios
Ryan Heath
Ryan is co-author of Axios AI+ — examining the ways our world is transformed by tech innovations and the people who regulate them. Ryan moderated the first presidential debate of the 2019 EU election, and between 2015 and 2023 wrote POLITICO’s Brussels Playbook, Davos Playbook and Global Insider newsletters and hosted podcasts. He is former presidential speechwriter and tech spokesperson at the European Commission.
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