Traditionally, it’s been the CDC’s role to give the public and local officials guidance and science-based information during public health crises. During this one, however, the CDC has been sidelined. But worry not! The CDC—which, let’s remember, stands for Centers for Disease Control!—actually has a detailed plan for reopening all aspects of businesses and social services! And yet....The Trump administration shelved this very document created by our nation’s top disease investigators. Let me ask, ‘When you get sick, do you call your doctor’s office for medical care, or do you call your politician for medical care?’ Why on earth would we care what a political organization has to say about a pandemic? There used to be a joke among those of us in medicine. We would say that doctors always thought they were qualified do other—unrelated—jobs, like run hospitals even though they didn’t know how to open an excel file. Trust me when I say that anytime someone extends themselves outside of their training and experience, it never works out optimally. My advice—as a trusted healthcare profession—is this:Find the CDC guidelines for reopening, print it or save it, and use it...and use only it to guide your every move. …see more