From Heritage.org (May 19):
WASHINGTON—The National Coronavirus Recovery Commission announced a new set of recommendations today to guide governors, local leaders, federal officials, and the private sector with the steps necessary to reduce the risks of future pandemics. The commission has now put forward 264 recommendations that represent a strategy for achieving a prudent balance to protect both lives and livelihoods.
The commission held its fourth meeting Tuesday, bringing together 17 top experts and thinkers with experience in government, public health, disaster response and relief, academia and education, business, and the faith community.
The newest recommendations focus on the steps that government leaders and the private sector can take to prevent future pandemics. Effective preparedness requires looking back at where big-government policies failed and providing solutions for governments at every level to better understand the scope of both their responsibility and accountability before the next crisis.
The full list of 264 recommendations, organized by the sectors of government and society, can be foundhere.
Highlights of the latest recommendations, released today, are below.
- State policymakers, working with Congress as necessary, should prepare a new strategy to better equip hospitals to cope with a major pandemic.
- State legislatures should review (and possibly revise) their statutory grants of emergency powers to governors in light of executive actions taken throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
- State and local governments should set aside a minimum of two months of operating expenditures or roughly 16% of expenditures for times of crisis as suggested by the Government Finance Officers.
- State and local governments should work to reopen K-12 classrooms and take targeted measures to protect student and teacher health.
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