Preparing for the Next Public Health Crisis: Lessons from the Pandemic

The private sector employs over 124 million Americans and is the nation’s engine of growth and innovation. As the COVID-19 pandemic has starkly demonstrated, business leaders are in the eye of the storm. Government on the federal, state, and local levels must collaborate more closely with business leaders to minimize disruptions to the economy, make workplaces safe, and respond innovatively and rapidly to mitigate the pandemic’s spread, including through the development and distribution of vaccines and other therapeutics.

The Committee for Economic Development, the public policy center of The Conference Board (CED), has outlined the specific lessons learned from the pandemic and identified next steps for better collaboration between the public and private sectors to safeguard the nation’s health. For details, please download the full report.