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Four Suggestions to Rehabilitate the CDC’s Reputation →

December 10, 2020 by Rick Lesaar

As the CDC’s new director, Rochelle Walensky will have an enormous job fighting the COVID epidemic.
A different –but intricately related– job will be restoring CDC’s scientific independence and public standing.

Here are four suggestions to help rehabilitate the agency’s image and reputation.

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Mapping Flu

March 28, 2016 by Rick Lesaar

CDC does a remarkable and laudable job of influenza surveillance. Still, could it be improved? Maybe, yes…and probably, not. 

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March 28, 2016 /Rick Lesaar
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