Director Dr. Robert Redfield compromised the CDC’s scientific credibility during COVID pandemic. A new administration inherits a loss of public trust.
Author: Brett Murphy and Letitia Stein, USA TODAY
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Public health titan wrote a private letter to CDC Director Redfield asking him to expose interference into COVID response and leave his post.
Trump attacks his own CDC scientists over how to reopen schools safely
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