The UNC School of Civic Life and Leadership’s Program for Public Discourse held the panel discussion “America’s Response to Covid” on Dec. 2. What can we learn from America’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic? How should policymakers deal with future pandemics? In a recent book co-authored with Stephen Macedo, Princeton professor Frances Lee argues that public health experts, policy makers, and the media failed to adequately consider the costs of lockdowns. In a conversation moderated by UNC public policy professor Douglas MacKay, Lee discussed America’s response to COVID-19 with Dr. David Wohl, an infectious disease expert at UNC who helped lead the campus’s clinical and research response.