To Mask or Not to Mask? CDC's Mixed Messages During the Pandemic
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The three years of the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the United States\\u2019 scant public health infrastructure. The federal system\\u2019s flaws have been on display, with inconsistent guidelines and lawsuits between federal, state and local governments, all aided by a media environment that is deeply divided by tribalism. The Center for Strategic and International Studies recently put forward a report titled Building the\\xa0CDC the Country Needs with recommendations for modernizing the agency, but the report is hardly the final word.
On Wednesday\'s\\xa0podcast, GovExec Daily\\u2019s Adam Butler and Ross Gianfortune\\xa0discussed what the CDC pandemic response has been and how it could have been executed more effectively.
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