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‘The lost month of February’: COVID-19 was preventable, report shows - Global News, May 12, 2021

Published: 13 May 2021

Dr. Joanne Liu, who recently joined the 91˿Ƶ School of Population and Global Health (SPGH), spoke to Global News on the conclusions of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response report released in May 2021 and to which she contributed as a panel member.

…“For a full month, what we call the lost month of February, basically nations sat on their hands,” said Joanne Liu, a professor now at 91˿Ƶ’s school of population and global health. “This allowed the virus to get a head start.”

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