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More Than 1,000 CDC Officials Ask: Why Bench the CDC During a Pandemic? - Gizmodo
Oct 17, 2020 47 secs
In an open letter published this week, 1,044 former and current officers of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Epidemic Intelligence Service, a renowned fellowship program that focuses on research and emergency response, expressed concern over the diminished role of the public health agency during the coronavirus pandemic.

The letter, published in the journal Epidemiology Monitor, was written by physicians, nurses, scientists and other health professionals that are former or current members of the EIS program.

The letter highlighted the fact that in previous public health crises, the CDC provided the best available information and recommendations to the public.

This situation, the letter states, is “chaos,” something the CDC in the past has been able to avoid by collaborating with state and local health authorities to develop national systems for disease surveillance and coordinated control.

“CDC should be at the forefront of a successful response to this global public health emergency,” the former and current CDC officers write.

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