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Accurate and Consistent Communications Are Required in a Crisis

Making life more difficult for public health officials.

With the Internet and so many sources of information available to people, it is critically important that the information being disseminated by government is consistent. Here in the United States this has been problematic, to say the least.

See this story, Trump gets a fact check on coronavirus vaccines — from his own officials.

There will be more news like the above. While warmer temperatures might make the coronavirus epidemic lessen or even fade away, we are not there yet, and it is likely to get much worse before it gets better. 

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.