Abdul El-Sayed Is an Epidemiologist Running for Senate. His State Is a Public Health Disaster
Michigan is ground zero for the twin public health crises wreaking havoc in the US. The state has had some of the most polluted air on Earth due to Canadian wildfire smoke last week while it also has the highest number of cyclosporiasis cases in the country.
These in-your-face (and sometimes in-your-gut) problems, says senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, help make a complex topic—the need to invest in public health infrastructure—extremely easy to talk about with voters. And he has unique qualifications to do so as a MD-PhD who’s served as the health officer for Detroit.
“Do you like eating lettuce? I do. I don’t like the idea because we DOGE’d our whole service that keeps the lettuce safe,” El-Sayed says, referring to how the Department of Government Efficiency downsizedthe federal lab that tests for cyclosporiasis last year. “Now, everybody’s trying to dodge the lettuce. And if you don’t, then...
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