But Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Mr. Biden’s top medical adviser on the pandemic, said it was important to investigate the origins of the pandem...
But Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Mr. Biden’s top medical adviser on the pandemic, said it was important to investigate the origins of the pandemic. He said it took years after the outbreak of the coronavirus that caused SARS in 2002 to determine he almost certainly had sautéed bats or civets to humans at a wet market in china. This has led to more regulation of wet markets, he said.
The 9/11 Commission, signed into law in late 2002 by an initially reluctant President, George W. Bush, was an independent, bipartisan group that spent a year and a half investigating the attacks and the country’s preparedness for those here, by holding public hearings. in what amounted to a national calculation.
He produced a detailed report in book form – both a detailed analysis and a gripping narrative that was a surprise bestseller and changed Americans’ understanding of the attacks, which killed nearly 3,000 people, and the terrorist threat. The report has prompted structural changes in government and in how intelligence is assessed and shared, as well as new cooperation between federal, state and local agencies.
“We have prevented dozens of terrorist attacks in our city because they work together,” Ms Gillibrand said, referring to New York. “And so the same approach of a government-wide joint effort is needed to stop the next pandemic.”
Mr. Zelikow, who led the 9/11 panel, said laid the foundations for a commission of inquiry into the pandemic, with financial support from four foundations and paid staff who have already interviewed hundreds of public health experts, business leaders, elected officials, victims and their families.
Mr. Zelikow, who has consulted with Senators Burr and Murray, said he would be willing to entrust his work to a commission created by Congress. The pandemic has fundamentally challenged Americans’ trust in government, he said, and a thorough investigation would be an “important bridge to try to rebuild that trust and trust.”
Covid-19 victims and their families, many of whom support the idea of a commission, are also eager for the kind of airing of grievances that the 9/11 panel provided to victims of the terror attacks two decades ago. And, they say, a serious, nonpartisan investigation could be something the country could rally around.
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