Leadership

Dr. Ashwin Vasan, the NYC Health Commissioner, is on a crusade to change the name of monkeypox because he believes it is stigmatizing. He wrote a letter to the WHO saying so.

https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/health/2022/07/27/city-s-health-commissioner-urges-who-to--immediately--rename-monkeypox-virus

This is like painting a barn while it is on fire. 

This why public health leadership has to have on the job experience.