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Report Video IssueCDC Director Warns It's "Too Early to Declare Victory" Over Pandemic
2021-05-19T10:26:06-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/0c4/20210519102722003_hd.jpgCDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky tells lawmakers on Capitol Hill that she is "cautiously optimistic" about where the U.S. is now with regard to the coronavirus pandemic, but warns that it is "too early to declare victory" and warns that new variants can still emerge from other viruses circulating around the globe. However, she does say that the sequencing the CDC is currently doing from week-to week demonstrates that the vaccines are working.
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky tells lawmakers on Capitol Hill that she is "cautiously optimistic" about where the U.S. is now with rega… read more
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky tells lawmakers on Capitol Hill that she is "cautiously optimistic" about where the U.S. is now with regard to the coronavirus pandemic, but warns that it is "too early to declare victory" and warns that new variants can still emerge from other viruses circulating around the globe. However, she does say that the sequencing the CDC is currently doing from week-to week demonstrates that the vaccines are working. close
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- Tammy Baldwin U.S. Senator (Class 1) [D] Wisconsin
- Roy Blunt U.S. Senator (Class 3) [R] Missouri
- Mike Braun U.S. Senator (Class 1) [R] Indiana
- Shelley Moore Capito U.S. Senator (Class 2) [R] West Virginia
- Dick Durbin U.S. Senator (Class 2) [D] Illinois
- Cindy Hyde-Smith U.S. Senator (Class 2) [R] Mississippi
- John Neely Kennedy U.S. Senator [R] Louisiana
- Joe Manchin III U.S. Senator (Class 1) [D] West Virginia
- Jerry Moran U.S. Senator (Class 3) [R] Kansas
- Patty Murray U.S. Senator (Class 3) [D] Washington
- Jack Reed U.S. Senator (Class 2) [D] Rhode Island
- Anne Schuchat M.D. Principal Deputy Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Jeanne Shaheen U.S. Senator (Class 2) [D] New Hampshire
- Rochelle Walensky M.D. Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention