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Former CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield told Fox News on Thursday that he supports the planned "reset" but will not eradicate the academic culture that has tainted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. said it would likely take "many years."
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said in a statement Wednesday that the organization had been criticized for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. announced plans to restructure the
Redfield, who served as CDC director from 2018 to last year, praised the successor's "self-awareness" in an interview on Thursday's "Story" and said the restructuring would bring the CDC closer together. He added that he hopes that Public Health will fulfill its original mission as a response agency.
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WASHINGTON, DC - November 2004: Rochelle Wallensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nominated Senate Pensions Commission on Health, Education, Work, and Continued Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)
"It's a important step she's taking," she said Redfield. “In the 75 years that the CDC has existed the agenda , its original mission to address public health, has been truly inspiring. is like an academic institution."
Agency culturewill be hard to reset, said Redfield. They put all the data into a bow and launched a public health response
"It will take a while to change that culture because Many of the clearly committed public health workers are active, and are incentivized for performance based on academic models. he said. " We need to recreate this agency to make it a public health response agency."
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Dr. Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady press conference room at the White House, Friday, April 17, 2020, Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (Associated Press)
Redfield also called on Congress to work with government agencies throughout the transition. CDC is "not as well supported as it should be".
"When I got there, one of the limitations was that didn't really get the degree of support they needed. is a core function of the human workforce,” he said. “Real-time data, data modernization, laboratory resilience, global health footprint. 150} I hope it helps.This transition will allow them to return to their primary mission of being a public health responsive institution rather than a academic institution.
Redfield said of the agency's current response to the rising number of monkeypox infections in the United States. "There is no doubt that the Agency, unfortunately, were passive rather than proactive." Moderator Gillian When Turner asked whether he thought the agency still had a chance to undermine a proper public response, Redfield bluntly replied, "That ship has sailed."
CDC has issued guidance on drug use. Tpoxx for treating monkeypox under "expanded access" as an investigational drug. Photo: September 30, 2014 at his CDC headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.(REUTERS/Tami Chappell/File Photo)
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"But," he continued. "I say... self-knowledge is an important first step toward course correction. I believe this self-knowledge is real. Reality is advanced. It will take years to change course. CDC is still a agency and should have a mantra as a public health response agency. but will require a cultural change will require a major restructuring and will Support from Congress is needed to give structural and financial capacity at this time."
Yael Halon is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent toyael.halon@fox.com