{'fraction_non_alphanumeric': 0.021199273167777106, 'fraction_numerical': 0.0, 'mean_word_length': 5.581673306772909, 'pattern_counts': {'":': 0, '<': 0, '<?xml version=': 0, '>': 0, 'https://': 0, 'lorem ipsum': 0, 'www.': 0, 'xml': 0}, 'pii_count': 0, 'substrings_counts': 0, 'word_list_counts': {'cursed_substrings.json': 0, 'profanity_word_list.json': 0, 'sexual_word_list.json': 0, 'zh_pornsignals.json': 0}}
Leading during bioattacks and epidemics with the public's trust and help.

THE PROSPECT OF “DELIBERATE EPIDEMICS” caused by biological attacks on civilians and the well-chronicled vulnerabilities of human society to large-scale disease outbreaks prompted the Working Group to prepare this report. The document’s purpose is to assist U.S. decision-makers, including governors, mayors, and health officials, in defining what constitutes effective, compassionate leadership in the context of an epidemic or bioattack, and to suggest some means to achieve it. The article sets forth strategic goals that make governing laudably in an epidemic of infectious disease a distinctive challenge. It illustrates special circumstances posed by biological attacks that further complicate efforts to limit the death, suffering, and disruption accompanying large outbreaks. The report identifies specific dilemmas of governing that commonly arise during epidemics and which decision-makers are likely to confront in the event of a bioattack. Lastly, it recommends principles and actions for preventing and/or resolving the apparent and sometimes genuine conflicts of interest, priority, and purpose that emerge in public health crises. The Working Group contends that governing successfully during large, fast-moving, lethal epidemics requires a dynamic collaboration among members of a community and the community’s leaders. Officials who have realistic expectations about the societal challenges posed by large outbreaks will be better prepared to protect and actively support cooperation and trust between a community and its leaders. In the absence of an engaged