Americans don’t trust public health institutions, the virologist who used to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
“We have lost public trust, there’s no doubt about it, and it really harms public health in a big way,” Robert Redfield said Wednesday during an event at The Heritage Foundation, adding, “We’ve lost, I think, trust in science.”
Redfield spoke alongside Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and epidemiologist Martin Kulldorff at Heritage’s Capitol Hill headquarters for the event, “Restoring American Wellness.” Many of the panelists’ comments focused on why the public had lost faith in America’s health institutions, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The lines between public health institutions and politics became blurred during the pandemic, Kulldorff said.
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