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I'm a public health researcher, and I'm dismayed that the CDC's missteps are causing people to lose trust in a great institution

  • Written by Catherine Lynne Troisi, Associate Professor of Management, Policy, and Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
I'm a public health researcher, and I'm dismayed that the CDC's missteps are causing people to lose trust in a great institutionWorkers on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020 removed the main sign to the visitors' entrance to the CDC, leaving instead a temporary one made of cardboard-like material.Lynne Anderson, CC BY-SA

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