"The opportunity to actually have an impact on population health here is really, really huge."
"We are going to be exacerbating health disparities as sort of people, communities of color, black and brown people fall further and further behind."
"Business as usual has to be over."
"The CDC is desperately in need of reform."
"We need to skate to where the puck is going."
"We need all Americans who can get the vaccine to get the vaccine."
"The stronger our health departments are at every level, the more effectively they can work..."
"One of the clearest lessons from this crisis is that you should have the same protection from a pandemic..."
"Messages from public health experts won't be followed if Americans don't believe in the experts."
"Even though 99 percent of the COVID deaths nationwide last month were among people who had not gotten vaccinated, we are still seeing fear and misinformation hold people back."
"Choosing not to get vaccinated doesn't just put themselves at risk, it puts the people around them at risk..."