
How Each of Us Can Prepare for the Next Pandemic
Cooperative Extension programs have a long history of teaching readiness and survival skills—and with more funding, they could help us get ready for future outbreaks
Keith G. Tidball is assistant director of Cornell Cooperative Extension at Cornell University and is an extension faculty member of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment. He is an anthropologist who studies cultural responses to war and natural disasters, and has served in the New York Guard in several leadership positions where he deployed for Operation COVID 19. Tidball co-edited Greening in the Red Zone: Disaster, Resilience and Community Greening (Springer 2014) and directs the Extension Disaster Education Network.
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