Rick Lesaar
The intersection of health and communications; on strategies to make global health and development efforts more effective and more widely and fully understood.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is widely believed to be in line for a significant health-related position in the new administration, possibly even Secretary of Health and Human Services (HSS). Not only is he uniquely unqualified for such a role, but actions he might take could endanger the health of millions of people both here and abroad.
Read MoreIn 2016, Donald Trump proposed that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. lead a commission on vaccine safety and scientific integrity, a stunningly bad idea that fortunately never came to fruition. In 2024, Trump is proposing an even broader commission while Kennedy wants a whole-sale take over and redirection of the National Institutes of Health. A look what all this communicates.
Read MoreHere are three essential truths about trust and some thoughts on what they mean for public health.
Communication is the most important component of trust.
The erosion of trust hampers all communication.
Trust is easily broken, but difficult to build or sustain.