Throughout the pandemic, the Centres for Disease Control was the go-to source for information about COVID-19 in the United States, however, the organization received a fair amount of criticism for its response to the virus.
On Wednesday, director Dr. Rochelle Walensky announced that following an external report she ordered in April, she was calling for a “reset” to ensure that the CDC would be better able to assist Americans if and when the next pandemic takes place.
According to Reuters, the report found that guidance from the CDC had “caused confusion,” adding that important information was “sometimes released too late to inform federal decisions.”
Walensky admitted that her organization had made some mistakes along the way.
“For 75 years, CDC and public health have been preparing for COVID-19,” she said, “and in our big moment, our performance did not reliably meet expectations.”
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