CDC chief Rochelle Walensky said earlier this week that “vaccinated people do not carry the virus, don’t get sick.”
But the health agency clarified the statement Thursday, saying “the evidence isn’t clear” and that Walensky was “speaking broadly.”
“It’s possible that some people who are fully vaccinated could get COVID-19,” a CDC spokesperson told the New York Times. “The evidence isn’t clear whether they can spread the virus to others. We are continuing to evaluate the evidence.”
She was having a conversation, not reading a prepared statement. The balance of her message was that she was worried about rising numbers in the present but thought she could be optimistic about the future. Her words were tentative: "our data from the CDC today suggests, you know, that vaccinated people do not carry the virus" https://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/transcript-rachel-maddow-show-3-29-21-n1262442
In the same interview she encouraged mask wearing and social distancing for everyone, vaccinated or otherwise. Wise advice, as it turns out, given that Delta was just a whisper, and Omicron was months away.
The mis-interpretation of her interview was immediately walked back by the CDC: April 1, 2021 "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday walked back controversial comments made by its director, Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky" https://archive.ph/wQAKO#selection-555.0-555.13
More Tuchodi ignorance and smugness.
The CDC Director did falsely claim the vaccinated wouldn’t get infected.
https://nypost.com/2021/04/02/cdc-walks-back-claim-that-vaccinated-people-cant-carry-covid/
She was having a conversation, not reading a prepared statement. The balance of her message was that she was worried about rising numbers in the present but thought she could be optimistic about the future. Her words were tentative: "our data from the CDC today suggests, you know, that vaccinated people do not carry the virus" https://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/transcript-rachel-maddow-show-3-29-21-n1262442
In the same interview she encouraged mask wearing and social distancing for everyone, vaccinated or otherwise. Wise advice, as it turns out, given that Delta was just a whisper, and Omicron was months away.
The mis-interpretation of her interview was immediately walked back by the CDC: April 1, 2021 "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday walked back controversial comments made by its director, Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky" https://archive.ph/wQAKO#selection-555.0-555.13
April 2 2021 "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday distanced itself from comments made by its director, Rochelle Walensky," https://www.businessinsider.com/cdc-vaccination-comments-director-rochelle-walensky-2021-4
April 2 2021 "CDC reverses statement by director that vaccinated people are no longer contagious" https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/546234-cdc-reverses-statement-by-director-that-vaccinated-people-are-no/
April 6 2021 "Backlash and reversal after CDC director says vaccinated people cannot spread COVID-19" https://nationalpost.com/news/world/backlash-and-reversal-after-cdc-director-says-vaccinated-people-cannot-spread-covid-19
But some people stopped listening on March 30 2021 because they had what they wanted to hear.