A digital sign directs patients to the drive-thru COVID-19 test site at Stony Brook University on Long Island on March 28, 2020. John Paraskevas/Newsday via Getty Images
The Public Health Emergency Is Ending… And Taking Maximum Telework With It
Courtney Bublé, Eric Katz and Erich Wagner join the podcast to discuss the ways public servants will feel the expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
After more than three years, the federal COVID-19 public health emergency expires Thursday. While FDA and NIH officials have said that the end of the health emergency will have minor impacts on their agencies, it has both symbolic and practical value for public servants. Telework and data collection will change, as well as things like free vaccines and tests for the public.
GovExec's Courtney Bublé, Eric Katz and Erich Wagner have been covering the coronavirus pandemic since before the public health emergency began in 2020. They joined the podcast for a reporters' roundtable on the end of the public health emergency and how it will affect government.
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