OpsLens

CDC to get overhaul after major ‘public mistakes’ in COVID response

Source link

(Courtesy Twitter / Daniela Jampel)

(NEW YORK POST) — The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced plans to overhaul the agency Wednesday — while admitting to major “mistakes” in handling the pandemic.

“For 75 years, CDC and public health have been preparing for COVID-19, and in our big moment, our performance did not reliably meet expectations,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said in a statement.

“I want us all to do better and it starts with CDC leading the way,” she said of her agency’s more than 11,000 staff.

Read the full story ›