The editorial board and our colleagues in Times Opinion met on Monday with Dr. Mandy Cohen, who became the director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last year.
Dr. Cohen was the top public health official in North Carolina during the Covid pandemic, winning praise for working with Gov.
to be prepared for the next big public health challenge “in a disease-agnostic way,” rather than focusing on a specific threat, like avian flu, dengue or an as yet unknown pathogen.
?” The first is to be ready to respond no matter the health threat — that might be something like avian flu or it might be something like drowning.
We are really planning as one team in a disease-agnostic way.
Persons:
Mandy Cohen, Cohen, Roy Cooper
Organizations:
Centers for Disease Control, Gov
Locations:
North Carolina, C.D.C