“Other officials worried that the breakdown of trust in government would further hinder the country’s ability to move past the pandemic. A successful public health campaign relies heavily on citizens’ ability to believe and obey what government agencies are advocating, which may prove more difficult in some communities as protests over systemic racism continue to rage, said Dr. Sandro Galea, dean of the Boston University School of Public Health.
“These events that are happening now are further threats to the trust we need,” Galea told the Associated Press. “If we do not have that, I worry our capacity to control new outbreaks becomes more limited.”