An @EpiEllie tweet from a while ago is the inspiration for mine today.
The biggest thing I got wrong during the pandemic was public & political support. I just knew since the world finally understood epidemics & pandemics, they would also realize the importance of public health
The biggest thing I got wrong during the pandemic was public & political support. I just knew since the world finally understood epidemics & pandemics, they would also realize the importance of public health
I figured public health would be funded at levels necessary to actually protect the public's health. The nation would come together around the importance of universal Healthcare. We would understand that in a society, your health impacts my health.
I predicted we would have real conversations and possibly move the needle on paid sick leave and addressing social determinants of health.
I would have never guessed that instead we would have states legislating power away from public health departments DURING A PANDEMIC!
I would have never guessed that instead we would have states legislating power away from public health departments DURING A PANDEMIC!
Nor did I expect a state to mandate that no vaccine education for any vaccine preventable diseases could be discussed.
I did not imagine public health officials being threatened and scared of facing physical harm just for doing their jobs.
I did not imagine public health officials being threatened and scared of facing physical harm just for doing their jobs.
I would have never thought that bravery would be the number one skill public health professionals would need to draw on in the midst of a pandemic, epidemiology, infectious disease knowledge, health policy were my guesses.
I am constantly shocked by how 608k Americans dead has brought out the apathy of the American people instead of the support.
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