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6. Rochelle Walensky, CDC Director

Fri Jul 9, 2021, 01:23 PM

Jul 2021

Rochelle Paula Walensky (née Bersoff; born April 5, 1969) is an American physician-scientist who is the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Prior to her appointment at the CDC, she was the Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Walensky is an expert on HIV/AIDS.

The Biden transition announced Walensky's presumptive appointment as CDC director on December 7, 2020. Doctors and public health experts widely praised the choice. As the position of director of the CDC does not require Senate confirmation to take office, Walensky's tenure at the CDC began on January 20, 2021.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochelle_Walensky

Perhaps armchair doctors should leave decisions to the professionals?

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CDC says students vaccinated against the coronavirus can go maskless in fall [View all] former9thward Jul 2021 OP

I'm not so sure with Delta. roamer65 Jul 2021 #1

Is the CDC a solely owned and operated.... SergeStorms Jul 2021 #2

I don't know what is going on with CDC. Delta is spreading, CDC claims everything fine, and LisaL Jul 2021 #4

Rochelle Walensky, CDC Director brooklynite Jul 2021 #6

Then perhaps... SergeStorms Jul 2021 #9

My thoughts exactly. Owl Jul 2021 #16

My feelings exactly. LisaL Jul 2021 #17

Thanks for proving my point... brooklynite Jul 2021 #21

What is that science based evidence you speak of? LisaL Jul 2021 #22

Try https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailytrendscases brooklynite Jul 2021 #26

23 % increase in cases from last week is hardly marginal. LisaL Jul 2021 #29

And thank you... SergeStorms Jul 2021 #27

Dr. Walensky has credentials to speak with authority, I'll save the freak-out till I get her nod Devil Child Jul 2021 #20

How high should covid cases get before you can freak out without her nod? LisaL Jul 2021 #23

Eleventy-billion Devil Child Jul 2021 #24

How do you tell who has or has not had the vaccine? Children under 12 have no access. Maggiemayhem Jul 2021 #3

No piling from me. SergeStorms Jul 2021 #10

I'm assuming this means they've looked into their crystal balls Rural_Progressive Jul 2021 #5

When you tell people that a few can do it they twodogsbarking Jul 2021 #7

What is the CDC thinking? IronLionZion Jul 2021 #8

Yep, sounds like they want us all to get herd immunity one way or the other. LisaL Jul 2021 #11

Certification must be provided Tic Toc Ufologist Jul 2021 #12

Except some states, like Florida have Mr.Bill Jul 2021 #13

Howdy, Mark uppityperson Jul 2021 #14

Even young school kids in my neck-of-the-woods wore masks all this school year Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #15

We are getting impatient, but it'd be a shame to fail now uppityperson Jul 2021 #18

Good to see you, my friend! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #25

Excellent point Eliot Rosewater Jul 2021 #19

the CDC has lost all credibility with me Skittles Jul 2021 #28

Same here. LisaL Jul 2021 #30