“Americans are increasingly acting like we’re out of the woods, but we may actually be at the riskiest stage of the pandemic… The greatest danger we face today is to just move on without change, leaving us just as vulnerable as we were before the word COVID-19 entered our lexicon. As we look with hope towards the taming of this pandemic, let us resolve to remember what we have learned from this crushing event and make public health preparedness an integral part of our way of life going forward” – DR. WAFAA EL-SADR and DR. AYMAN EL-MOHANDES