While reflecting on the role of the United States’ top public health agency, Dr. Mandy Cohen says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is an asset and has the ability to identify public health threats and respond to them.
Cohen, who was recently appointed by President Biden to lead the CDC, says trust is 100% foundational and that people lost trust during the pandemic in the agency, other institutions, news outlets and the government.
“I want folks to know, put politics aside,” said Cohen. “Besides being the CDC director, I want folks to know I’m a mom, I’m a wife. I’m a daughter and I wouldn’t recommend something for the American people that I wouldn’t recommend for my own family.”
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