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trust"...great news...many things needed to change...congrats to Dr. Walensky for taking this initiative...here's one example of why this is needed...
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"She's also going to ask for new flexibilities in the agency's funding. Right now, when Congress earmarks money for the CDC, it has to be spent on specific programs. That has created more than 150 individual budget lines that fund the agency. That can be a problem when a public health emergency comes along. In 2014, when the Ebola epidemic began, Dr. Tom Frieden, who was then CDC director, had to borrow money from other parts of the federal government to respond.

"We literally didn't have money for plane tickets and per diem to send staff into the field," said Frieden, who was interviewed by Macrae for his review.

"I had, quite literally, 20 times more flexible dollars as New York City health commissioner than I did as CDC Director," Frieden said in an interview with CNN. Frieden now leads the nonprofit Resolve to Save Lives.
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Note: These are long standing issues at the CDC...again, very glad to see a 'pro-active' Director in charge.


Link: https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/17/health/cdc-announces-sweeping-changes/index.html