Dr. Marrazzo: The Problem Is a Judicial System that Feels Free ‘to Insert Itself’ in the Setting Where the Science Should Guide Us

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MARRAZZI: "Yeah, I do. And I think it’s almost less about the CDC than it is about a judicial system that feels free to sort of insert itself in the setting where we should be letting the science guide us. And what I mean by that is that you do have to, at some point, trust public health authorities and leadership to interpret the emerging data correctly, whether it’s emerging data on number of cases, hospitalizations, wastewater surveillance, which is going to become increasingly important, and monitoring emerging variants, right? Those are really the four pillars, I think, that we’re going to have to continue to monitor. So, I would rather put those decisions in the scientists and epidemiologists and physicians who have been making these calls throughout the pandemic."