CPR3 defines COVID-19 pandemic recovery and readiness as follows:
- Recovery | As a public health crisis, COVID-19 has had severe direct and indirect effects on health, in addition to vast social and economic consequences. Understanding the far-reaching impacts of the pandemic is the first step in equitable recovery – the ability for all individuals and communities to experience renewed and/or improved physical, mental, economic, educational, and social well-being in a post-COVID-19 society.
- Readiness | By building on lessons learned over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, California can strengthen its collective readiness to respond to future surges, new variants, and emerging viruses with more resilience. This collective readiness includes not only strengthening mechanisms for surveillance and the ability to manage direct health impacts of an unfolding public health emergency in real-time, but also swift implementation of measures to mitigate potential health, economic, and societal impacts.