The top U.S. agency charged with preparing for a pandemic and overseeing the medical stockpile spent years bracing for potential attacks on the Korean Peninsula and was ill-prepared for the coronavirus crisis that continues to surge, according to current and former government officials. Robert Kadlec handed out old business cards to staff when he started in 2017 as chief of the office for the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response. They were labeled, “Kadlec’s Rules of Military Medicine.” One rule: “The next war...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 09, 2020 09:33 UTC