This week on Inland Journal, the public perception of public health has changed in the last five years, since the outbreak of the COVID pandemic. What was once one of America’s most trustworthy institutions has slipped in the minds of many. We talk about that with Dennis Worsham, the new secretary of the Washington Department of Health.

"I think we've taken for granted that public health was the trusted voice. And we didn't have to slow down and always explain our whys. And COVID was tough because you're responding to a situation in real time. You have people who are dying. You have hospitals that are over capacity...and we just kept moving forward with our policies and our recommendations. And I think we should have probably had enough conversation in there to bring people along. And I t

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