Does a Dept. of Pandemics Sound Odd? Homeland Security Once Did, Too
WASHINGTON — Exactly one month after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, two senior senators proposed the creation of an entirely new government department that would pull together the diverse, often competitive federal agencies whose lack of communication and coordination left the nation exposed to deadly terrorism on American soil. It became the Department of Homeland Security.
After a bungled response to Hurricane Andrew in 1992, the Federal Emergency Management Agency was reorganized and elevated to cabinet-level under President Bill Clinton to give it more standing and influence. After World War II in 1945, President Harry S. Truman proposed the formation of the Defense Department to eliminate infighting, waste and duplication in military operations.
The United States has historically responded to major crises by closely examining how the government performed to identify any failures or weaknesses that were exposed, and then instituting substantial changes to try to repair them — or at least to insulate itself from systemic breakdowns in the future.
The coronavirus pandemic ravaging the nation and the world is likely to be no exception.
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