CDC Begins Restructuring Aimed At Regaining Public Trust
As the nation reels from the devastating Covid-19 pandemic, the CDC starting on an unprecedented restructuring of its organization as trust has eroded between it and the American public. At the height of the pandemic, there were mixed signals from the CDC over mask-wearing and social distancing. Week after week, Covid-19 guidelines were changing. With social distancing going from 13 feet apart to six and now three feet, the policies often seemed arbitrary. Attacks from then President Donald Trump further undermined confidence in the agency. The uncompromising president butted heads with the he...