Very glad @RWalensky will be leading @CDCgov! File this piece under "Things that shouldn't need stating but, in the Trump era, very much do." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/opinion/rochelle-walensky-cdc-director.html

"I acknowledge that our team of scientists will have to work very hard to restore public trust in the C.D.C., at home and abroad, because it has been undermined over the last year." - @RWalensky https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/opinion/rochelle-walensky-cdc-director.html

"On my first day, I will ask Anne Schuchat, the principal deputy director, with 32 years of experience at the C.D.C., to begin a comprehensive review to ensure that all existing guidance related to Covid-19 is evidence-based and free of politics." - @RWalensky

"The research and guidance provided by the civil servants at the C.D.C. should continue regardless of what political party is in power. Scientific breakthroughs do not follow four-year terms." - @RWalensky https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/opinion/rochelle-walensky-cdc-director.html