President Barack Obama put pandemic preparedness to the side upon taking office, focusing instead on an economy in free fall. But the 2009 outbreak of H1N1, the first flu pandemic in 40 years, made health security an urgent priority for his administration; later, it would confront the emergence of Ebola in West Africa. Through interviews with former top officials—including Dennis Carroll, Nicole Lurie, Ron Klain and Chris Kirchhoff — “Guided by the science” portrays a White House that quickly gained critical expertise and left behind a pandemic playbook for the next administration to draw upon. This video is the second of a three-part documentary series by the Washington Post. Watch them all here: https://wapo.st/3mq5u5N. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK

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