The United States ranked first on health security; then came COVID-19. In place of technocratic hubris, we need robust new forms of democratic humility.
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In the ongoing saga that is the beginning of the fall from grace for Dr. Anthony Fauci, yet another piece of incriminating evidence was extracted from the trove of emails uploaded to the internet by Buzzfeed journalist Jason Leopold. The emails, which were obtained through a FOIA request, contain details of Fauci’s associations during the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis along with some of the unsavory agents with whom Fauci was associated.
The latest warning came from Kristian G. Andersen, an immunology expert with Scripps Research Insitute and a graduate of Cambridge University. He’s no slouch. On January 31, 2020, Fauci received an email from Andersen detailing the genomic breakdown of SARS-CoV-2, initially stating that the virus “looked” totally normal.
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Ensuring acceptance and trust for the COVID-19 vaccines is critical to achieving herd immunity, protecting the most vulnerable populations, and reopening social and economic life. Organizations such as the Kaiser Family Foundation are regularly tracking COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and found about 31% of US adults are hesitant to get a vaccine. Many Americans, especially Black and Latinx/Hispanic adults, would prefer to “wait and see” on how the vaccine is working for other people before getting it themselves. As COVID-19 vaccination efforts continue in cities and states across the country, federal, state, and local elected officials, public health authorities and their partners must engage and communicate effectively with the public to address vaccine hesitancy and build trust in the vaccines and allocation process.