Trey talks with Tyler Evans, an experienced infectious diseases and public health expert who has worked around the word, including as Chief Medical Officer for New York City, but also with Doctors Without Borders and Partners in Health. He is the author of Pandemics, Poverty, and Politics: Decoding the Social and Political Drivers of Pandemics from Plague to COVID-19, which is the topic of the episode.

Topics Trey and Tyler cover include:


the effect of politics on public health outcomes

public health policy and healthcare access

public mistrust of health authorities

the effects of the current administration on public health


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