I keep meaning to blog over the weekends but can't keep up with the magnitude of things spiraling since the August 8 assault was an attack on CDC and on violence prevention, so here's yesterday alone since the article headlines say it all and present a range of perspectives within them.
As a medical librarian, I'm revisiting our Code of Ethics that hasn't been updated for 15 years (seriously?) and thinking we need to have some conversations about that. Can we in good faith still promote US government-produced health resources as the "best available information"?
Potential action item: Read then Sign the Letter - Save HHS
Yesterday (August 28)-
- CDC Director Susan Monarez fired weeks after being sworn in (AllSides)
- CDC's leadership is in chaos - Experts warn of public health risks (Scientific American)
- Kennedy's attack on public health must be stopped (American Public Health Association)
