On Friday, Rochelle Walensky, the embattled director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced her resignation. She stated that with the declining impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, i.
Rochelle Walensky, the embattled director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced her resignation. She stated that with the declining impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was an opportune time to leave. Her last day will be June 30.
“I have never been prouder of anything I have done in my professional career,” she wrote in her resignation letter.
Despite her troubled tenure as head of the CDC, Joe Biden had nothing but praise for Walensky.
“Dr. Walensky has saved lives with her steadfast and unwavering focus on the health of every American. As Director of the CDC, she led a complex organization on the frontlines of a once-in-a-generation pandemic with honesty and integrity,” Biden said in a statement.
