Susan Michaels-Strasser, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, ICAP’s senior director of human resources for health (HRH) development, described how her faith tradition informs her work as a leader in public health during the COVID-19 pandemic and discusses how faith and science are not mutually exclusive:
“Not coming together is not easy but potentially infecting someone else is potentially dangerous. To me it is a no brainer. If we truly love our fellow man and women, it is our duty to protect them,” she told Insider. “To do otherwise seems unloving to me. Why would I go against science when we are lucky enough, privileged enough, to have internet and phones to remain connected with people. A God of love does not require us to come together amidst a pandemic.”
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