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
Nothing but unsupported personal opinions folks.
Don't get your medical advice from anonymous people on social media.
Folks the CDC Director claimed without evidence that vaccinated people did not carry Covid.
Folks, I am such a dumb fuck, I believed this unsupported claim.
Folks, when the CDC Director claimed without evidence that vaccinated people don’t carry a respiratory virus,
Folks, I am such a stupid fuck, I believe the unsupported opinion.
Still confused about the difference between a suggestion and a claim. More evidence that English is a second language for V&C1.
"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
Still confused about the difference between a suggestion and a claim. More evidence that English is a second language for V&C1.
"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
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.