Lawrence Oglethorpe Gostin is an American law professor who specializes in public health law. He was a Fulbright Fellow and is best known as the author of the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act and as a significant contributor to journals on medicine and law.
“You've got this perfect storm in autumn. Everyone is back from vacation. Some are going back to work. In some parts of the country, schools are starting... You have a mass migration, and with it people are going to be bringing both influenza and Covid-19...”
“When Vice President Mike Pence directed scientists to clear messages with the White House, he got it exactly backwards: The political class should clear health messages with trusted scientists at the CDC and NIH.”
