Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky launched a damage control campaign this month to save her agency’s reputation after its disastrous handling of the COVID pandemic. She admitted the CDC made “dramatic mistakes” with regard to the pandemic and said “accountability” will be a priority in the agency’s “resetting.”
Notably, Walensky seemed to place the blame for the agency’s failures on the bureaucrats it employs, asserting that “they’re (emphasis added) up to the task” of doing better rather than “we’re up to the task.” She’s clearly trying to protect her job and position, so she’s putting distance between herself and her agency, presumably hoping to avoid a personal reckoning for all the damage the CDC has done.
