It’s high time we fought this virus the American way.
 

"I’ve never heard of a commander who complained about having too many tanks or who asked for a few artillery shells and not one too many. It’s high time we fought the virus the American way: with everything we’ve got."

— James E. Baker, former Chief Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, former Wilhelm Fellow, MIT Center for International Studies


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The administration has all the authority it needs to produce medical supplies and prepare for a potential vaccine, argues James E. Baker in a recent New York Times opinion piece.  

Mr Baker, the director of Syracuse University’s Institute for Security Policy and Law, is a former Marine infantry officer, legal adviser to the National Security Council and chief judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. He was a Robert E Wilhelm Fellow at the MIT Center for International Studies prior to his current post at Syracuse University.
 

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