[Editorial] The CDC "is in trouble, and we need to fix it"

When taken in isolation, these words, spoken by US Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr in an interview on Fox News on Aug 28, are likely to be agreed upon by both his supporters and those who have been dismayed by his actions since he took office earlier this year. What will profoundly differ, however, are the views on the causes of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s “trouble”, who the “we” taking charge of “fixing it” should be, and how such “fixing” should be undertaken.