The pandemic has put a focus on supply chain of both PPE - personal protective equipment - and medicines in the last few weeks. There are a number of think pieces about this, so I wanted to offer a few thoughts. 1/x First, general supply chain thoughts. There's a desire to pin down an exact number of "things" in the supply chain. While numbers can give the illusion of certainty, the supply chain is highly dynamic. The end-to-end supply chain is multifunctional. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22867/ 2/x

Since everyone else has become a supply chain expert in the last two weeks, I figured I’d jump in. Because, you know… why not? There are tons of questions brewing, some legitimate and some outlandish, about the ability of the health supply chain to withstand and even support the #2019-nCoV outbreak. (SN: honorable mention to scientists & journalists not jumping to speculation. I see and appreciate you.)