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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you are looking for a sample report that might prove engaging for students, consider the newly published
<i>COVID-19: Make it the Last Pandemic </i>at <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheindependentpanel.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F05%2FCOVID-19-Make-it-the-Last-Pandemic_final.pdf&data=04%7C01%7Csam.dragga%40ttu.edu%7Cc9630cacd4b44fa361f608d91601298e%7C178a51bf8b2049ffb65556245d5c173c%7C0%7C1%7C637565016589635682%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=rjbiCS7mgIlUUNsVV2HAsWhRaI742Fg3uc4Adf%2BKjBU%3D&reserved=0" title="Original URL:
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https://theindependentpanel.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/COVID-19-Make-it-the-Last-Pandemic_final.pdf</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This 86-page report by a committee of international specialists identifies the multiple failures by institutions (including the World Health Organization) and by national governments
to limit the catastrophic sweep of the virus and makes recommendations for avoiding similar crises hereafter.
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<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The report also offers a variety of intriguing illustrations, including a 7-page “timetable for immediate action” (specifying
<i>what, who, </i>and <i>when</i>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sam</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sam Dragga<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Professor Emeritus, Texas Tech University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">sam.dragga@ttu.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1-806-543-6099<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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