The COVID-19 Intelligence Failure: Why Warning Was Not Enough

Erik J. Dahl's analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic reveals that global surveillance and warning systems were not enough to avert the disaster, highlighting the need for improved intelligence services and medical intelligence and surveillance systems. Late and insufficient warnings, political aversion to scientific advice, and decentralized public health systems exacerbated the pandemic in the United States, drawing parallels to other warning failures that preceded major catastrophes. The book is a wake-up call for the United States and the international community to improve their national security, medical, and public health intelligence systems and capabilities.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 01 April 2023
Publisher: Georgetown University Press

COVID-19 warnings failed due to global surveillance and warning systems not being enough to avert the pandemic. Epidemiologists and national security agencies warned for years, but the disaster still occurred. In "The COVID-19 Intelligence Failure," Erik J. Dahl examines the roles of traditional intelligence services, medical intelligence and surveillance systems, and how they must be improved for the future. He shows how late and insufficient warnings, political aversion to scientific advice, and decentralized public health systems exacerbated the pandemic in the United States. Dahl's analysis draws parallels to other warning failures that preceded major catastrophes, placing current events in context. The COVID-19 Intelligence Failure is a wake-up call for the United States and the international community to improve their national security, medical, and public health intelligence systems and capabilities.

Weight: 295g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781647123062