Pandemic Preparedness: A Return to the Rule of Regulation

[…] Since September 11, 2001, emergency preparedness insurance policies have shifted their focus from public well being to nationwide safety, bioterrorism, and private accountability. Half III of this Article argues that this shift is each contradictory and ineffective. Half IV then critiques proposals for regulation reform that enhance private accountability for well being, whereas lowering official accountability. Such proposals can distort the rule of regulation on the whole, whereas doing little, if something, to stop public well being emergencies. Legal guidelines governing bioterrorism can’t be restricted to emergencies as a result of responding to bioterrorism is basically the identical as responding to naturally occurring epidemics; the identical regulation essentially…