Becker's Healthcare January 24, 2022
Georgina Gonzalez

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, said the U.S. needs to rethink its approach to public health and that the CDC alone cannot fix the system, Politico reported Jan. 21.

Dr. Walensky said the job of the CDC is not to fix public health or the pandemic on its own, and she insisted wide reforms are needed.

“Businesses have to help, the government has to help, school systems have to help. This is too big for the CDC alone,” she said.

Dr. Walensky also called for...

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