Over 1,000 current and former CDC officers signed an open letter criticizing the politicization of the health agency in the US's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

"We hereby express our concern about the ominous politicization and silencing of the nation's health protection agency during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic," the letter stated.

The letter comes after 62% of adults reported last month they fear "political pressure" will rush a coronavirus vaccine, according to a new poll from Kaiser Family Foundation?

The US has recently entered its third major wave of coronavirus cases which experts fear could be the worst to date, Business Insider's Aria Bendix reported.