Presidents, Pandemics, and Politics

<div>I Introduction</div><div> Twentieth-Century Successes</div><div> A Disturbing Development</div><div> The Importance of National, and Presidential, Action</div><div>II Pandemic Influenza</div><div><br></div><div> Influenza is not to be Taken Lightly</div><div><br></div><div> Influenza at its Most Horrendous—So Far</div><div><br></div><div>III Misguided Responses to Public Health Emergencies</div><div> The Tragedies of Kalaupapa and Carville</div><div> The “Magic of the Marketplace,” and Public Health Emergencies</div><div> Militant Passivity from the Left Hand, Authoritarianism from the Right</div><div> Ideology, Incompetence, but Some Thoughtful Planning</div><div>IV Appropriate Responses to Public Health Emergencies</div><div> Presidential Action and the San Francisco Earthquake</div><div> Presidential Action and Hurricane Betsy</div><div> Presidential Action and the Alaskan Earthquake</div><div>V President R. Gerald Ford</div><div> Vigorous Action to Defend Against a Threatened Pandemic</div><div> Fair Game: The Politics of Piling On</div><div>VI President Ford’s National Influenza Immunization Program: A Special Case</div><div> The Background: Widespread Agreement</div><div> The Launching of Ford’s NIIP</div><div> Obstacles Emerge</div><div> No Pandemic plus Health Risk Must Mean Fiasco: A Confused Discourse</div><div> Turning From Talking Points to Analysis: NIIP as a Learning Experience</div><div> Assessment of the NIIP</div><div>VII Conclusions</div><div> Emergency Management</div><div> Lessons to Be Learned</div><div>Bibliography</div><div>Index</div><div><br></div>