“For 75 years, CDC and public health have been preparing for Covid-19, and in our big moment, our performance has fallen reliably short of expectations,” said Dr. Walensky.
For the failure to manage the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
As reported by nytimes.com in a meeting with high-ranking officials of the Control Center, Dr. Walensky outlined a plan to reorganize the agency’s structure to prioritize public health needs and efforts to curb ongoing epidemics and place less emphasis on publishing scientific papers on rare diseases.
According to a document read out at the meeting, public recommendations were often confusing.
“For 75 years, CDC and public health have been preparing for Covid-19, and in our big moment, our performance has fallen reliably short of expectations,” said Dr. Walensky.
“My goal is a new, public health, action-oriented culture at CDC that emphasizes accountability, collaboration, communication and timeliness,” he stressed.
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