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Suddenly, Public Health Officials Say Social Justice Matters More Than Social Distance (https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/06/04/public-health-protests
by kelipso 1y ago
Suddenly, Public Health Officials Say Social Justice Matters More Than Social Distance (https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/06/04/public-health-protests-301534 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/06/04/public-hea...).
Things like this is what most people saw at the time, resulting in public health officials losing credibility overall. Let’s not whitewash history here.
- Braxton1980 1y agoNone of the people in the article that made those statements are public officials.
- kelipso 1y agoThey are “experts”, and the public views them all as public health officials, and consequently they are painted with the same brush. The difference here is about the reality of how the public views things as opposed to some ideal where everyone goes to the CDC website for guidance.