My in-laws died from COVID in 2020. Are we ready for the next pandemic? It's time for answers

If another pandemic hit New York and the US, would we have any idea how to handle it? We've got to start learning from the 2020 COVID catastrophe.

Dee and Mickey Newman in an undated family photograph. (Courtesy Janice Dean) Janice Dean's in-laws Dee and Mickey Newman attend their son Sean's promotion ceremony to battalion chief (Courtesy Janice Dean) Dee and Mickey Newman and one of their grandsons. (Courtesy Janice Dean) Janice Dean's mother-in-law Dee Newman with her grandsons. (Courtesy Janice Dean) Dee and Mickey Newman on their wedding day The pandemic is much bigger than the flaws of any one single official, but the overall system was broken to begin with and needs to be rebuilt from the ground up. Janice Dean joined FOX News Channel (FNC) in January 2004 where she currently serves as senior meteorologist for the network. In addition, she is the morning meteorologist for FNC’s signature morning show, FOX & Friends (weekdays 6-9AM/ET) as well as contributes to FOX Weather, FOX News Media’s free ad-supported streaming television ("FAST") weather service. Click here to listen to "The Janice Dean Podcast."

Without a thorough investigation into the decisions that were made during the height of the COVID-19 epidemic, I fear we will once again put lives and livelihoods in jeopardy.

This was a catastrophic event that has never been given a thorough post-mortem to evaluate and dissect decisions made by the highest levels of government. Looking back at the worst disasters our country has been through, like 9/11 or Hurricane Katrina, there were studies, after-action reviews, hearings and investigations to reflect on and learn from.