"The Administration is obsessed with magic bullets — vaccines, new medicines, or a hope that the virus will simply disappear,” it argued. “But only a steadfast reliance on basic public health principles, like test, trace, and isolate, will see the emergency brought to an end, and this requires an effective national public health agency.”

“Americans must put a president in the White House come January, 2021, who will understand that public health should not be guided by partisan politics."