Health freedomDuring the pandemic, there was a surge in people asserting their right to reject various medical treatments and public health interventions. And that devaluing will make it much harder to do the work of public health and it will make it so that the public doesn't trust public health professionals." Dr. Georges Benjamin, the head of the American Public Health Association , says the consequences of the erosion to his field are already apparent. Problems in the pipelineBenjamin argues that public health professionals need to be able to provide educated and evidence-based information to lawmakers and other officials. Jetelina, who's also an adjunct professor at the Yale School of Public Health, is concerned about the public health pipeline more broadly.