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There was no hesitation in my voice. There was no hesitation in my body language. I was on course, the right course. But what I was saying was not pleasant. I was criticizing the actions of my honored and revered Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and I was criticizing the President of the United States. I spoke the truth about how America’s public health had been jeopardized by the Reagan and Bush Administrations. I described how the CDC was prevented from doing its job by political extremism and a loss of understanding of the federal government’s responsibility for epidemic control. It was June 1992, the 21st anniversary of my public health career.
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Francis, D.P. (1996). A Voice for the Public’s Health. In: Bassuk, E.L. (eds) The Doctor-Activist. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6032-0_5
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