Tag: Dr. Rochelle Walensky

LIVE NOW: NTD Evening News (May 5): Walensky to Leave Job as CDC Director; Mayorkas, GOP Lawmakers Outline Plans for Border Surge

Dr. Rochelle Walensky is leaving her post as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She announced Friday that her last day with the agency is set for June 30. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the Biden administration is ready to deal with an expected surge in illegal immigrants following the end of Title 42…


NTD Evening News (May 5): Walensky to Leave Job as CDC Director; Mayorkas, GOP Lawmakers Outline Plans for Border Surge

Dr. Rochelle Walensky is leaving her post as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She announced Friday that her last day with the agency is set for June 30. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the Biden administration is ready to deal with an expected surge in illegal immigrants following the end of Title 42…


CDC Director and Teacher Union President Do Not Support Ending Masks Mandates for Children

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten both said Tuesday they do not support ending mask mandates for school children, amid a growing trend by states to end masking in schools. Weingarten said she would support the end of masks if there…


Walensky’s Comments on Comorbidities Among COVID-19 Deaths in Reference to Study on Vaccinated: CDC

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky’s recent comments on COVID-19 deaths were in reference to a study on vaccinated populations, according to a CDC spokesperson. In an interview with Good Morning America on Jan. 7, Walensky said that an overwhelming number of deaths, 75 percent, occurred in people who had…


US COVID-19 Cases Hit Record High, Hospitalizations and Deaths Remain ‘Comparatively Low’: CDC

New COVID-19 cases in the United States have soared to their highest level on record, as the Omicron coronavirus variant is estimated to have taken over the virus’s Delta variant as the most prevalent strain contributing to new COVID-19 infections. The United States is seeing over 265,000 new COVID-19 infections per day on average, according…


White House: New Evidence Indicates Omicron ‘Less Severe’

White House COVID advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci says all indications thus far point to the Omicron variant being a “less severe” strain of COVID-19 when compared to previous iterations of the virus. Fauci says that while the variant is highly transmissible and is able to evade immunity, the nationwide uptick in cases as a result…


White House to Unvaccinated: ‘You’re looking at a Winter of Severe Illness and Death”

White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients predicts a winter of severe illness and death for Americans who decide to not take the vaccination for the CCP virus, which causes the disease COVID-19. “For the unvaccinated: you’re looking at a winter of severe illness and death,” said Zients during a White House COVID-19 update Friday….


Arizona Representative Tests Positive for Virus After Being Fully Vaccinated

An Arizona State Representative has tested positive for CCP (Chinese Communist Party) Virus, despite being fully vaccinated. In a written statement Wednesday, Rep. Alma Hernandez (D-Ariz.) said that despite taking all precautions, she still tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. “I have taken COVID-19 very seriously and have worn my mask,…


Arizona Lawmaker Tests Positive for Virus After Being Fully Vaccinated

An Arizona state lawmaker has tested positive for CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, despite being fully vaccinated. State Rep. Alma Hernandez, a Democrat, said on April 28 that despite taking all precautions and getting the vaccine 11 weeks ago, she still tested positive for COVID-19, which is caused by the virus. “I have taken COVID-19…


Fully Vaccinated Older Adults Are Far Less Likely to Be Hospitalized: CDC

A new CDC review shows that fully vaccinated adults 65 years and older are 94 percent less likely to develop symptoms from the CCP virus that require them to be hospitalized than people of the same age who are not vaccinated. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus, causes the…