{"id":9610,"date":"2026-05-14T18:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9610"},"modified":"2026-05-14T18:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:59:00","slug":"how-prepared-is-the-us-for-another-pandemic-inside-new-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9610","title":{"rendered":"How prepared is the US for another pandemic? Inside new rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/new-york-governor-andrew-cuomo-20043778.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/new-york-governor-andrew-cuomo-20043778.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\"\/><figcaption>Dead bodies of COVID-19 patients are transported to a temporary morgue outside of Wyckoff Hospital in Brooklyn on April 6, 2020. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Public health preparedness was measured by vaccination rates, the ability to conduct medical research and the number of deaths from past epidemics. The US recorded\u00a0over 1.2 million deaths\u00a0related to Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>In its explanation of the rankings, US News noted that smaller countries like Denmark, Switzerland and Singapore \u201ccombine strong underlying systems with institutional nimbleness to respond quickly when health crises emerge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Large nations like the US, UK and Germany, meanwhile, have \u201cchallenges of scale and complexity in pandemic response.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>That\u2019s not very reassuring to the Americans worried about the deadly outbreak of Andes virus, a rare and often fatal type of hantavirus, aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship as it traversed the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Three cruisegoers died, and all 18 US ship passengers entered federal quarantine on Monday after disembarking the ship. The idea is that they stay quarantined until the 42-day incubation period ends.<\/p>\n<p>The Andes virus can spread from person to person, unlike typical hantaviruses, which are transmitted via exposure to the urine, droppings and saliva of infected rodents.<\/p>\n<p>As for our public health preparedness, in the US News rankings, we scored 74.7 out of 100 in epidemic mortality, 86.8 in immunization coverage and 63.4 in medical research. 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