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Cynthia M. Allen

Cynthia M. Allen: CDC finally admits it botched COVID response. But it still hasn’t addressed the cause: politics

FORT WORTH, Texas — It’s been said that admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery.

Maybe that’s what Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was looking toward when she conceded last week that the agency she manages botched its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Her stunning admission came in reaction to an agency-initiated internal review that found the CDC wanting on multiple levels.

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