On this episode of The Zeitgeist, AGI President Jeff Rathke discusses the experience of managing the COVID-19 pandemic and lessons for public health policy in Germany and the United States with Arielle Kane, director of healthcare at the Progressive Policy Institute, and Philipp Heuermann, MPA candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School. How has the public’s trust in government institutions and scientific expertise impacted both countries’ covid responses? Has the pandemic changed the population health profile and introduced new vulnerabilities in our healthcare infrastructure? Are the public health systems in Germany and the United States ready to deal with a surge in long-term chronic care as COVID-19 becomes endemic? How should prosperous nations manage innovation collaboration and healthcare worker mobility while taking a global view on emerging public health challenges?

Host
Jeff Rathke, President, AGI
Guest
Philipp Heuermann, MPA candidate, Harvard Kennedy School
Arielle Kane, Director of Healthcare, Progressive Policy Institute

This podcast episode is part of the AGI project “The Importance of the Transatlantic Partnership in Times of Global Crises” and is generously funded by the the European Recovery Program (ERP) of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK).