JPHMP Direct January 8, 2026
Restoring the public’s trust in the pandemic recovery era has become a defining challenge for public health professionals. COVID-19 fundamentally reshaped the public’s expectations for health information, as what once lived quietly inside surveillance systems and epidemiology reports suddenly became part of daily public life. Millions of people routinely monitored dashboards, scrutinizing case counts and attempting to interpret hospital data they had never considered before. Public health professionals have long known the importance of transparency, but the pandemic highlighted just how tightly transparency is woven into public trust.
The realities of data collection and reporting during the peak of the pandemic were complex. Reporting standards varied widely across jurisdictions. Definitions and recommendations evolved as new information became available. Data delays...
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