The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is calling for an overhaul of the agency after an external review found its response to the coronavirus pandemic to be slow and chaotic. increase.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky announced sweeping changes before taking over in 2021, along with condemnation of her agency's actions.
"For 75 years, CDC and Public Health have been preparing for Covid-19, and at our key moments, our performance has certainly fallen short of expectations," Warren said. Ski told staff. "My goal is a new public health action-oriented culture at the CDC that emphasizes accountability, collaboration, communication and timeliness."
The New In the York Times, the CDC acknowledged that its response caused confusion and was sometimes too late to inform the government of its decision.
Walensky reportedly wants agencies to move away from producing data for medical and public health publications and focus more on her messaging.
Agency funding decisions will be based on "bias for public health impact," the briefing document said.
Walensky also wants agencies to focus on getting relevant information out to the public as soon as possible, without waiting for a lengthy peer review process.
"When I got the data, I had a really hard time pushing the data out," she told The Times.
Congressional approval is required to implement some of the changes proposed by Wallenski. These include empowering state health departments to report data and helping the CDC hire employees more quickly during a crisis.
Earlier this year, Wallenski ordered an external review of the agency's response to the pandemic in early 2020. This review was overseen by James McRae, former employee of the Department of Health and Human Services. McRae's final report has not yet been made public.
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