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New Federal Pandemic Policy Could Be Based on Personalized Medicine

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New Federal Pandemic Policy Could Be Based on Personalized Medicine
Protesters take part in the 'World Wide Rally For Freedom' in Sydney, Australia, on Nov. 20, 2021. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
Joel S. Hirschhorn
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Sometimes there’s a simple, commonsense way to refine public policy. Surely there’s need for a better public health policy to address the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s time to let medical evidence overcome stubbornness by public health agencies and disagreements among physicians. It’s time to give Americans medical choice without sacrificing public health.

Joel S. Hirschhorn
Joel S. Hirschhorn
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Dr. Joel S. Hirschhorn, author of "Pandemic Blunder" and many articles and podcasts on the pandemic, worked on health issues for decades. As a full professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, he directed a medical research program between the colleges of engineering and medicine. As a senior official at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment and the National Governors Association, he directed major studies on health-related subjects; he testified at over 50 U.S. Senate and House hearings and authored hundreds of articles and op-ed articles in major newspapers. He has served as an executive volunteer at a major hospital for more than 10 years. He is a member of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, and America’s Frontline Doctors.
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