{"id":1933438,"date":"2026-05-13T15:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1933438"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:15:20","slug":"rep-seth-magaziner-says-were-totally-unprepared-for-next-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1933438","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Seth Magaziner Says We&#8217;re Totally Unprepared for Next Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1c\/16by9\/2026\/05\/13\/1cf53d0905cf4ba99fe73e2b8a041a17_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink article--sponsor-internal sponsor-tmz-in-dc\">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Rep. Seth Magaziner<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Members of Congress Care About Fame, Not Pandemics<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-preferred-source.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-05-13T08:15:20-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              May 13, 2026<br \/>\n                            8:15 AM PDT<\/time><span class=\"divider\">|<\/span><br \/>\n                                                                Updated <time class=\"updated-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-05-13T08:54:42-07:00\"><br \/>\n                                  May 13, 2026<br \/>\n                                8:54 AM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-7b0b2546f1808d7ef8f0c26a2d0cdb12\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-a989feee-59d6-4fc7-9275-9f9add9d0ebe-1370094054-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/8d\/16by9\/2026\/05\/13\/8d5ebf72ea00428da1e9959574e7f4e9_md.png\" alt=\"051326_seth_magaziner_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-a989feee-59d6-4fc7-9275-9f9add9d0ebe-1370094054-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">NO WORRIES IN DC!!!<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/seth-magaziner-hantavirus-05-13-2026\/\">Video: Rep. Seth Magaziner Warns U.S. Is Not Ready for the Next Pandemic<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7835706a2cabeaea4b3878a60be721ad\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jacob-wasserman\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Jacob<\/strong><\/a>is soooo Gen Z &#8212; complain complain complain, although this time he may have a point.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-203f92921259347dc59d1f2fc2764f02\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Our D.C. young&#8217;un ran into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/seth-magaziner\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Rep. Seth Magaziner<\/strong><\/a>on The Hill, and told the Congressman about how he and his friends suffered through COVID, and how he just couldn&#8217;t handle another pandemic.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-bf2950febfb0a587f2c4401e6aa4804c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260513_4a393e64f3f843df9d2c314d71117859\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:457c6339-891a-4864-a768-6f23b2c3d7c3\" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"image\"}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/4a\/4by3\/2026\/05\/13\/4a393e64f3f843df9d2c314d71117859_md.png\" alt=\"sub hantavirus getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c1612abe9b148712bf51aeeaed596a91\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>The Rep. from Rhode Island was sympathetic, and confessed our country is totally unprepared for another disease that shuts America down.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ff8b26e7296a9bc241a11fcb704e1c07\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Jacob then went to his go-to &#8212; THE FREAKOUT METER &#8212; and asked the Congressman where we land.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d7a556a0385f32ede02039d2b0b8d74d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260403_b57b237179e0484ea6293dfb48d42602\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:457c6339-891a-4864-a768-6f23b2c3d7c3\" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"image\"}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b5\/4by3\/2026\/04\/03\/b57b237179e0484ea6293dfb48d42602_md.png\" alt=\"Seth Magaziner sub getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-8a23455812e0d14e58dd2fe1c5ce37f3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Magaziner&#8217;s answer focused on members of Congress &#8230; 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