Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed on restoring trust in science, the state of public health, and RFK Jr.
Abdul El-Sayed will soon become the first epidemiologist in the Senate at a moment that would keep anyone with a public health background up at night.
Key points
- More than 5,000 Americans have been sickened by the measles this year and the United States is expected to lose its formal measles elimination status by the end of the month.
- Dengue fever is spreading in Florida, respiratory virus season is underway, and the United States just weathered a foodborne illness outbreak that sickened more than 20,000.
In a wide-ranging interview with STAT, the Michigan Democrat emphasized that he is hopeful the United States can fix its growing trust-in-science problem, but he expressed frustration — at Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
Kennedy Jr., at drug and insurance companies, and at the field of public health — for leading America down this path.
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