IN-DEPTH: ‘The Antithesis of Transparency’; North Carolina Health Care Professionals Contend New CDC Director Incapable of Rebuilding Trust

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In her new position as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director, the former North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen said she intends to rebuild trust in the public.

However, medical professionals in the stateโ€”in recalling her actions during the pandemicโ€”say that won’t happen.

In an interview withย NPR, Dr. Cohen said, โ€œTrust is a critical foundation for a healthy society. Trust in institutions, such as government, or media, or business, has been eroding in recent years. This lack of trust has led to polarization, to division.โ€

Dr. Cohen outlined three steps to mend the relationship between the CDC and the public, the first being transparency.

โ€œWe’re having clear communications that are simple and accurate, that folks can understand, that they know that there are common sense solutions for them to protect their health,โ€ Dr. Cohen said. โ€œAnd the second is making sure that we execute or have good performance in what the CDC is meant to do. And so, making sure that we are doing what we say weโ€™re going to do.โ€

Third, Dr. Cohen said she intends to build relationships and partnerships.

โ€œProtecting the health of this country is a team sport,โ€ she said.

Though NPR carried water for federal agencies and the pharmaceutical industry, it acknowledgedโ€”at the very leastโ€”CDCโ€™s conflicting information.

โ€œIโ€™m wondering if you think that instead public health officials should sometimes say, โ€˜We donโ€™t know the answer,โ€™ NPR asked.

Dr. Cohen gave the pat โ€œscience-changesโ€ response, stating, โ€œI think itโ€™s important to be clear about what you know, what you donโ€™t know, and what youโ€™re working on. Science and data is going to be constantly evolving.โ€

Her focus this fall, despite the multitude of concerns the COVID-19 vaccines have raised, is not to address those concerns but to continue to promote vaccinations.

Dr. Cohen recently toldย Spectrum Newsย that the CDC would probably be coming out with guidance in the fall for annual COVID-19 boosters.

Byย Matt McGregor

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