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23-08-2022, 08:15 AM
They're counting on updated boosters to restore waning immunity against Covid-19.
"I think it's deeply worrisome," said Dr. Peggy Hamburg, former health commissioner for New York City and former commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration. "It's hard to imagine how state and local health departments can all mobilize, and they desperately do need additional support."
"I think we have to recognize that this is a very vulnerable time," said Hamburg, who recently chaired a commission for the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund on how to modernize the nation's public health system.
After almost three years of contending with vaccine hesitancy, politics and a global pandemic, the nation's public health workers are frayed and leaving their posts. More than 1 in 4 health department leaders quit their jobs during the pandemic, some after harassment and death threats. Studies are underway to measure how deeply those losses extended to their staff.
https://us.cnn.com/2022/08/22/health/pub...index.html
"I think it's deeply worrisome," said Dr. Peggy Hamburg, former health commissioner for New York City and former commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration. "It's hard to imagine how state and local health departments can all mobilize, and they desperately do need additional support."
"I think we have to recognize that this is a very vulnerable time," said Hamburg, who recently chaired a commission for the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund on how to modernize the nation's public health system.
After almost three years of contending with vaccine hesitancy, politics and a global pandemic, the nation's public health workers are frayed and leaving their posts. More than 1 in 4 health department leaders quit their jobs during the pandemic, some after harassment and death threats. Studies are underway to measure how deeply those losses extended to their staff.
https://us.cnn.com/2022/08/22/health/pub...index.html
