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Susan Monarez: “CDC had been criticized for being slow, for being…”

Featuring: Susan Monarez, Acting Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | National

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Bridging Innovation and Trust: A Conversation with former CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez

Published | Video Starts at 30:50

You know, talking about what we know, how we know it and then making sure that we are able to communicate when we know it. And I think a lot to your exact point is, you know, CDC had been criticized for being slow, for being intransparent about some of the science and evidence it was using to, to drive decisions, decision making, to updating decisions or updating recommendations without, you know, without the perception of traceability and without the effective communication to a broad audience. And you know, again, what I will say is in conversations with the technical experts at cdc, they fully recognize that and, and what, what we, our goals were to … (30:50–31:13)

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