Former CDC health directors pen op-ed opposing calls to minimize role of public health agency
Exterior of the Center for Disease Control headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. (Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)
Eight former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention directors are pushing back on calls to scale back the role of the public health agency in an op-ed.
Conservatives clashed with the CDC over its guidance on masking and vaccines during the pandemic. And some Republicans hope that a second Trump administration could shrink the agency considerably.
We hear from one of the former directors behind the letter. Dr. Tom Frieden led the CDC from 2009 to 2017.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
