Dr. Rochelle Walensky acknowledges the failure of government agencies during the pandemic and how I've outlined steps to improve the . It tells the public.
Department of Disease Control and Prevention Wednesday said drastic changes needed to be made to better and more quickly respond to public health emergencies following failures during the Covid pandemic.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky outlined the broad changes in an email to CDC employees Wednesday afternoon. This includes an overhaul of how authorities analyze and share data, and changes to how the CDC quickly communicates information to the public.
The agency has faced widespread criticism during the pandemic for its slow response and often confusing messages about masking and other mitigation measures.
} "At a critical time for us, our performance has certainly not lived up to expectations," Wallenski said in a statement.
Accountability, collaboration, communication and timeliness." she wrote."I want all of us to do better, and it starts with the CDC leading the way." to modernize,” she wrote in an email to employees. 49}
Government agencies need to share data more quickly and speak to the American public in plain language, writes Wallenski.
Going forward, these changes will require cultural shifts," the email said.
Erica Edwards is a health and medical news her writer and reporter for NBC News and "TODAY."
