I'm a crime continues to set daily case records, though the peak looks to be in sight.

Federal Public Health officials testified before Congress, reminding us how politics is

interfered with the pandemic response every step of the way.

And in a blow to worker safety and COVID containment, the Supreme Court blocked the

Biden administration's vaxier test requirement for large employers.

This is America Dissected.

I'm your host, Dr. Abdul-Azaya.

I want to tell you about the first time I stepped foot into the CDC campus in Atlanta, Georgia.

I was the newly minted city health official out of Detroit.

I got to tour the campus, a dream for a public health nerd like me.

I got to see the emergency command center where the agency oversaw the Ebola response, director

Friedens office, who we'll talk to later today.

Then I visited the CDC's Museum of Public Health.

I lingered a little longer to see the displays on all the CDC's amazing public health wins.

During my meetings with CDC officials, I learned about the institution's storied history.

It's unique structure with only one political appointee, the director.

For a public health nerd, it was the equivalent of visiting the Smithsonian, the Louvre,

and the Pentagon all at the same time.

Here were serious people doing serious work to keep us all safe.

Even before my visit, I believed deeply in the work of the CDC.

After all, no one gets into public health to be rich or famous.

You get into it out of a profound care for people and a belief in the science you know

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