For more than 70 years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) earned a well-deserved reputation as one of the world’s preeminent public health institutions—and the trust of the American people along with it. Following an uneven response by CDC to COVID-19, however, many people’s faith in the agency has been shattered.
The first step to regaining trust is to admit mistakes. CDC’s director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, has been upfront about the agency’s failures during the pandemic and has committed to a series of reforms in response to reviews of the agency’s missteps. But if our nation is to finally have the public health system that has so long eluded us, it is incumbent upon CDC and policymakers who fund and oversee the agency to make a fresh and sustained commitment to health equity.
The above is an excerpt of a piece originally published in The Hill.
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