Jon Sanders, director of the Center for Food, Power, and Life at the John Locke Foundation, assesses Dr. Mandy Cohen’s record as head of North Carolina’s top health agency. Cohen is now director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sanders offered these comments during an Aug. 22, 2023, interview on One America News.
Locke’s Jon Sanders discusses CDC Director Mandy Cohen’s work in North Carolina
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