According to an internal review of the agency's operations, Rochelle Walensky is reorganizing the agency because it didn't react quickly enough during the Covid pandemic.
According to a fact sheet, Walensky outlined several organizational changes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will take over the coming months to correct mistakes made during the last 2.5 years of the Pandemic.
CDC and public health have been preparing for COVID-19 for 75 years, but their performance did not meet expectations.
The central objectives of the reorganization are to make it easier for the public to understand health guidance and to share scientific data. The review was launched in April after the winter surge of infections from the omicron variant.
During the Pandemic, the CDC was criticized for confusing public health recommendations and releasing data too slowly due to the rapid spread of the disease. The briefings on the Pandemic were often based on data from other countries.
An executive is going to lead the team that will implement the changes. A new executive council will be created by the CDC that will report directly to Walensky to decide the agency's priorities.
The CDC director will be in charge of the agency's science and laboratory sciences divisions.
An equity office is being created by the CDC to make sure they reflect the U.S. population.
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