Category: Rochelle Walensky

Rochelle Walensky’s Terrible Testimony

Last week, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky gave testimony to Congress that was jaw-dropping even by the abysmal standards to which we’ve been accustomed throughout the COVID pandemic. In just a few hours, Walensky managed to tell Congress that the CDC’s guidance to mandate masks in schools would never change…


CDC Director Defends Mask Mandates After New Study Shows Masking Has Little Effect

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Feb. 8 defended her agency’s promotion of masking after a new study found masking had little effect on the spread of respiratory viruses like COVID-19. The Cochrane review analyzed randomized controlled studies, considered the gold standard by U.S. officials and others, but limitations…


Inside the Secret Government Meeting on COVID-19 Natural Immunity

Four of the highest ranking U.S. health officials—including Dr. Anthony Fauci—met in secret to discuss whether or not naturally immune people should be exempt from getting COVID-19 vaccines, The Epoch Times can reveal. The officials brought in four outside experts to discuss whether the protection gained after recovering from COVID-19—known as natural immunity—should count as…


CDC Director Walensky Tests Positive for COVID-19

The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has tested positive for COVID-19, the agency announced on Oct. 22. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director, tested positive on Friday night, according to the CDC. Walensky, 53, was said to be experiencing “mild symptoms.” Walensky did not respond to a request for comment….


Walensky Defends Most of CDC Workforce Working Remotely

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sept. 14 defended how most of the agency’s workers are working remotely every day or some days. “The people who need to be at CDC are at CDC,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director, told Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) during a hearing in Washington. Cassidy…


CDC Director Admits Agency Gave False Information on COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Monitoring

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has acknowledged publicly for the first time that the agency gave false information about its COVID-19 vaccine safety monitoring. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the agency’s director, said in a letter made public on Sept. 12 that the CDC did not analyze certain types of adverse…


Fauci: ‘We Don’t Have Time’ to Run Clinical Trials for Updated Boosters

Dr. Anthony Fauci is claiming that there was not enough time to wait for clinical trial data before clearing updated COVID-19 booster shots. “We don’t have time to do a clinical trial because we need to get the vaccine out now,” Fauci said on CBC this week, pointing to how about 400 Americans are dying…


CDC Director Announces Changes After Agency’s Performance During Pandemic ‘Did Not Reliably Meet Expectations’

The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Aug. 17 announced that the agency would be revamped, after a review found it did not adequately respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director, informed the approximately 13,000 CDC employees of the planned changes, which include reorganizing the agency…


EXCLUSIVE: Anti-Title 42 Messages Popular With CDC Director Before She Terminated Policy, Emails Show

Messages urging the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to end Title 42 were shared by the agency’s director with colleagues in the weeks leading up to her decision to terminate the policy, emails obtained by The Epoch Times show. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director, shared three different messages with other top officials at…


CDC Director Offers Misinformation in Promoting COVID-19 Vaccination for Children

The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on June 23 falsely said that COVID-19 was one of the five top causes of death for children since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director, offered the misinformation during a press briefing in which Biden administration officials promoted COVID-19…