February 26, 2021 | By Tetine Sentell, Catherine Pirkle
The United States has been gutting public health for decades and we are all paying the price.
In this pandemic, we have seen clearly how the health of individuals and communities are connected. We are at a critical junction for the public’s health, with real opportunities for better, more equitable lives. But if we make the wrong choices, we risk further threatening community health now and into the future. We also risk increasing the inequities in our societies that COVID-19 has so vividly illuminated.