CDC director says COVID messaging should have been clearer

Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that the messaging around the COVID-19 pandemic and changing guidance should have been clearer.

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State of play: Walensky is being coached by media experts and is planning to have more press briefings by herself in order to ensure that CDC is seen as an independent, scientific entity, rather than as a political one, the Journal reports.

What she’s saying: “I think what I have not conveyed is the uncertainty in a lot of these situations,” Walensky said, adding that she is committed to communicating CDC guidance more clearly.

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