"It was supposed to be nonpolitical": Former CDC exec on politics and public trust

"[The CDC] was supposed to be nonpolitical." At the Fortune COO Summit, former CDC COO Robin Bailey Jr. reflected on how politics became increasingly involved in public health during COVID—and why the country needs trusted sources of health guidance. "When you're talking about a country and you don't have a body in which you can turn to and get good advice and counsel, you have chaos."