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    It is not the case that Therefore, fragmenting public health authority into a single global mechanism may reduce rather than enhance effective response by eliminating adaptive local experimentation.

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    • 1.Fragmented authority enables wealthy regions to hoard resources and vaccines, worsening global health inequity compared to coordinated distribution mechanisms.
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    • 2.Infectious diseases cross borders; pandemic response requires coordinated surveillance, standard protocols, and unified supply chains that local experimentation cannot provide.
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    • 3.Local experimentation risks misinformation spread and inconsistent messaging; unified authority can establish evidence-based standards that prevent harmful practices.
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    • 1.Local contexts vary in climate, genetics, healthcare infrastructure, and culture, requiring tailored public health strategies rather than uniform global protocols.
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    • 2.Decentralized systems enable rapid iteration and learning; successful local innovations can scale up, while failures remain contained rather than globally replicated.
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    • 3.Centralized authority creates bureaucratic distance from ground-level conditions, slowing decision-making and reducing accountability to affected populations.
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