The often-ignored downside to having all vehicles become electric-powered is that medical services will collapse if the central power plant becomes inoperative.
Tag: Disaster And Pandemic Preparedness
Prediction of Human Movement During Disasters To Allow For More Effective Emergency Response
The COVID-19 pandemic, bigger and more frequent wildfires, devastating floods, and powerful storms have become unfortunate facts of life. With each disaster, people depend on the emergency response of governments, nonprofit organizations, and the private sector for aid when their lives are upended. However, a complicating factor in delivering that aid is that people tend to disperse with such disasters.
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health experts available for media inquiries related to COVID-19
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health has multiple experts available for media inquiries related to COVID-19. These include experts with English, Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, and Spanish fluency. They include: Professor Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez is an associate professor of…