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    Opinion: It’s past time to fully deploy the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps to fight Covid-19

    The U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is the world's only national uniformed service devoted to protecting, promoting, and advancing the health and safety of a nation. Put it to…
    by Andrew Meshnick and Brian J. Miller and Boris Lushniak Mar 30, 2020 4 minutes
    President Obama meets with members of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps in the Oval Office in September 2015.

    Controlling a pandemic like Covid-19 requires both the intervention of government agencies and changes in the lives of ordinary Americans.

    One thing the federal government should do, but hasn’t, is fully deploy the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (USPHS). Not only can the Corps support health systems in rapidly scaling medical care, it can also advise state governments on the judicious use of state police powers to help slow the spread of the virus and limit economic damage.

    The Corps is the world’s only national uniformed service devoted to protecting, promoting, and advancing the health and safety of a nation. It has more than 6,300 officers — physicians, nurses, pharmacists, engineers, and more. Under normal circumstances,

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