Question $1$: The idea of the federal government as $$backup$$ to the states is clearly not the way to respond to an unprecedented national emergency such as COVID.

$($a$)$ How should the nation prepare for the next pandemic?

The nation should prepare for the next pandemic by

$($b$)$ What is the federal and what is state responsibility?

$($c$)$ What should the national stockpile look like and who should manage it$?$

$($d$)$ How should critical equipment be procured and distributed?

$($e$)$ Next time, policy$-$ wise what would you propose as a national plan?