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Life expectancy is declining. How do we rethink the system before it's too late?
With all the challenges the public health sector faces, and life expectancy declining, how will a committed next generation of public health workers going overcome these obstacles?
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With all the challenges the public health sector faces, and life expectancy declining, how will a committed next generation of public health workers going overcome these obstacles?
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The Invisible Shield
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipEven before COVID average life expectancies started going backward.
That is a bad sign for our society.
This is our wakeup call.
We need to start preparing for future pandemics now.
The CDC is facing $1.5 billion in budget cuts.
This is a workforce that has been beaten and abused.
I see so many problems that can be fixed.
All the lessons that we're in a position to learn will be lost.
It's the politicization that's killing us.