You'll see Walensky was tentatively optimistic in March 2021: "our data from the CDC today suggests, you know, that vaccinated people do not carry the virus". Delta and Omicron hadn't arrived at that point, and she thought that the end might be in sight. But if you read the transcript you'll see she still encouraged mask wearing and social distancing for everyone, vaccinated or otherwise, because hospital numbers were still climbing.
The mis-interpretation of her interview was immediately challenged 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
Ah yes. V&C1 and her pictures. She couldn't find a source document if her life depended on it.
Here's the transcript folks - read it yourself. https://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/transcript-rachel-maddow-show-3-29-21-n1262442
You'll see Walensky was tentatively optimistic in March 2021: "our data from the CDC today suggests, you know, that vaccinated people do not carry the virus". Delta and Omicron hadn't arrived at that point, and she thought that the end might be in sight. But if you read the transcript you'll see she still encouraged mask wearing and social distancing for everyone, vaccinated or otherwise, because hospital numbers were still climbing.
The mis-interpretation of her interview was immediately challenged 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 - V&C1, in this case - stopped listening on March 30 2021 because they had what they wanted to hear.
Imagine being the director of the CDC and being that incompetent.
Imagine hanging a major health decision about a changing pandemic on an unscripted comment from a year and a half ago, and ignoring everything since..