Category: Rochelle Walensky

Delta Variant Becoming More Prevalent as COVID-19 Cases Rise: CDC Director

The Delta variant of the pathogen that causes COVID-19 is becoming more prevalent and now accounts for around 83 percent of all new sequenced cases in the United States, according to Dr. Rochelle Walensky, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Walensky made the remarks in testimony Tuesday during a Senate hearing…


Biden’s Vaccine Goal Not the Bar for Herd Immunity: CDC Director

President Joe Biden’s goal of having 70 percent of American adults vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19 by July 4 is not the same as the threshold for herd immunity, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. “We know that the more and more people who get one vaccine…


CDC Chief: ‘We’re Not Counting on Vaccine Mandates at All’

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the CDC, said Sunday that the federal government is not “counting on vaccine mandates at all.”


Breakthrough COVID-19 Infections Rare, Usually Result in Asymptomatic or Mild Disease: Walensky

People who are fully vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19 rarely contract the illness and when they do, it’s typically a no or low-symptom case, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. “For those breakthrough infections that can you know rarely occur, for the most part they are resulting in asymptomatic…


Top Teachers Union’s Suggested Language Part of School Reopening Guidance

The second largest teacher’s union in America was in close contact with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on school reopening guidance, even successfully getting some of its recommendations inserted into the official guidance, newly released records show. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and its president, Randi Weingarten, spoke multiple times with…


CDC Adopted Language From Top Teachers Union in School Reopening Guidance

The second-largest teacher’s union in America was in close contact with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on school reopening guidance, even successfully getting some of its recommendations inserted into the official guidance, newly released records show. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and its president, Randi Weingarten, spoke multiple times with top…


CDC Director Defends Guidance for Summer Camps: Kids Playing Outside Should Wear Masks

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, who heads the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on Wednesday defended guidance for summer camps that recommends campers to wear masks indoors and outdoors at all times while maintaining at least three feet of social distance. “We’re trying to make sure that there’s not a lot of heavy breathing around…


CDC Director Recommends Lockdown in Michigan to Curb Virus Surge

The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) put forth an opposing view to the Michigan governor’s administration Monday about how to deal with the CCP virus surge, saying the answer to Michigan’s “acute situation” with the virus is not to surge vaccines but to shut down the state and “flatten the…


CDC: Variant Found in Britain Most Common in US

WASHINGTON—A variant of the coronavirus first identified in Britain is now the most common strain circulating in the United States. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, says the strain, formally known as B.1.1.7, is “now the most common lineage circulating in the United States.” The strain has been…


CDC Walks Back Comments From Director on People Fully Vaccinated Against Virus From China

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is walking back comments from its director about people who have been fully vaccinated against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19. Rochelle Walensky, the director, said this week that new data from an agency study “suggests that vaccinated people do not carry the virus, don’t…