Former CDC Director Implores Redfield to Expose Trump’s Mishandling of the Pandemic

Former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), William Foege, is advising current head 👤Robert Redfield to err on the side of caution and reveal the missteps taken by President Donald Trump in his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

In a letter Foege penned to Redfield in September, he sympathized with the current director.

“I start each day thinking about the terrible burden you bear. I don’t know what I would actually do, if in your position, but I do know what I wish I would do,” Foege wrote.

He argued the failure of the White House to prioritize the CDC in the coronavirus response “has resulted in the violation of every lesson learned in the last 75 years that made CDC the gold standard for public health in the world.”

Foege provided examples of how the CDC’s credibility has suffered because of Trump’s actions.

He noted Americans and the media are referring to the academic community rather than the CDC.

Another example is how states have developed their own plans to respond rather than depending on the federal government.

Foege accused Trump of thriving on “causing divisions.”

According to Foege, Trump’s tactics have left the United States on the outside of the global public health community.