Rochelle Walensky
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| Born | 5 April 1969 | |||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Washington University, Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University | |||||||||||||
| Spouse | Loren Walensky | |||||||||||||
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Rochelle Walensky is an American public health official based in Washington, D.C. She serves as the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
According to her profile on the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Prevention Policy Modeling Lab website, Walensky has been “internationally recognized for motivating US policy toward the promotion of routine HIV screening and for her work on effective and efficient strategies of HIV care in South Africa.”[1]
She is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) and the Association of American Physicians (AAP), and has served as a member of the United States Department of Health and Human Services Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents.[2]
COVID-19
Walensky was criticised after speaking in March 2021 of her feelings of "impending doom" about COVID-19.[3]
A Quote by Rochelle Walensky
| Page | Quote | Date |
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| Face mask | “Masks can help reduce your chance of #COVID19 infection by more than 80%.” | 5 November 2021 |
References
- ↑ Rochelle Walensky. Prevention Policy Modeling Lab. Retrieved February 2, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230202190315/https://prevention-policy-modeling-lab.sph.harvard.edu/rochelle-walensky/
- ↑ Rochelle Walensky. (2020, November 7). The Forum at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. https://web.archive.org/web/20230418171306/https://theforum.sph.harvard.edu/expert-participants/rochelle-walensky/
- ↑ https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/right-now-im-scared-cdc-director-chokes-back-tears-she-fearmongers-impending-doom
