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This working group is focused on discussions about communication.

The mission of this working group is to focus on discussions about communication.

Members

Carrielaj Kathy Gilbeaux Maeryn Obley mdmcdonald tkm

Email address for group

communication-global@m.resiliencesystem.org

Trump administration cuts back on information related to climate change

When the Trump administration declared two weeks ago that it would largely disregard the economic cost of climate change as it sets policies and regulations, it was just the latest step in a multipronged effort to erase global warming from the American agenda.

But President Trump is doing more than just turning a blind eye to the fact that the planet is growing hotter. He is weakening the country’s capacity to understand global warming and to prepare for its consequences.

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Opinion: Steps to rebuild trust in public health

by Tom Frieden, former head of CDC

... In many countries — notably the United States — the pandemic dissolved trust between parts of the community and the public health system. How can that trust be restored? In a word: gradually. Trust is built in drops and lost in buckets.

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Opinion: Four communication lessons from the pandemic

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While our pandemic behavior changes are big accomplishments, it’s undeniable that communication has also at times been confusing, inconsistent, or ineffective. Here are four clear lessons the public health community should take with us to help ensure our messages connect with our audience.

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Covid misinformation is thriving on fringe platforms despite counter efforts

Around the country, countless Americans are suffering a very particular type of Covid grief — a mixture of anger, sorrow and shame that comes with losing a loved one who has consumed social media falsehoods. On Tuesday, in what was likely his last appearance in the White House briefing room before he retires from government service at the end of the year, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, pleaded with Americans to speak out against scientific misinformation.

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