NEW CDC DIRECTOR: LEADER OR FOLLOWER?

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

News, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 2 July 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

President Joe Biden’s new pick for CDC director, Dr. Mandy Cohen, has an interesting track record as lead health director of North Carolina’s pandemic response. Find out the scientific methods she used to create policy and guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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0:00.0	We have now a new CDC director that Biden has chosen.
0:04.5	Her name is Mandy Cohen.
0:06.6	Biden picks Mandy Cohen, the architect of North Carolina's
0:09.5	COVID-19 response as CDC director.
0:12.0	And you hear that.
0:12.6	You hear architect, well, it must be something very important.
0:15.0	She did there.
0:16.0	And the North Carolina.
0:17.4	And so this is, let's take a little background of her.
0:21.2	So any public health official, especially someone going
0:24.3	into that high position, should be judged by how they handle
0:27.8	themselves during the pandemic.
0:29.0	This is one of the most defining moments in public health
0:32.2	history of the century.
0:33.8	And so what is their report card on this?
0:36.0	So let's look at Mandy Cohen in June of 2021.
0:39.5	So remember now, emails, if FOIA emails have just come out,
0:43.7	showing that Rochelle Wollensky was discussing
0:46.0	vaccine breakthrough infections as early as January 30, 2021.
0:51.4	So fast forward to June of 2021.
0:55.5	We know there's breakthrough infections.
0:57.2	We know you can transmit this virus if you get the vaccine.
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