Overview

• Violet Affleck published a paper in Yale's Global Health Review on May 18, analyzing wildfire response through the lens of COVID-19 public health protocols.
• Her essay recounts her family's evacuation during the January 2025 Pacific Palisades wildfires, which claimed at least 30 lives.
• Affleck highlighted generational climate divides, describing arguments with her mother, Jennifer Garner, over the scale and inevitability of the crisis.
• The paper calls for integrating pandemic-era health measures, such as mask availability and air filtration, into climate disaster responses.
• Jennifer Garner, who lost a friend in the fires, continues relief efforts with World Central Kitchen, emphasizing the personal and community toll of the disaster.