The new administration will rebuild public health and data infrastructure, restore C.D.C. “We weren’t going to spend time licking wounds and worrying about what had gone wrong in the past.”Another senior C.D.C. scientist said, “Sometimes you just feel compelled to say, ‘I don’t care what happens, I’ve got to do this.’”Until the pandemic, the C.D.C. Political appointees tried to revise, delay or even halt publication of the reports, sparking public outcry and condemnation at a congressional hearing. The dust-up precipitated the swift exit of Michael Caputo, a political appointee who had accused C.D.C.

Source: New York Times November 13, 2020 21:00 UTC