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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Since the start of the crisis, I have constantly affirmed that the key to understanding the effects of this pandemic is the UK Government's failure to give adequate weight to emergency planning and management (Alexander 2020a, 2020b). There were major exercises on pandemics in 2005, 2007 and 2016.

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It’s time to talk about a regional tax to help fund Metro (DC area)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DC doesn't have the budget to be able to take on the full responsibility of WMATA, but that would allow it to manage it in a way that benefits the city. Although federal agencies leaving the city for sites poorly connected by transit, and maybe sports teams too, doesn't help the transit financial model either.

2006 52