CDC Director Admits She Changed School Guidance to Give Teachers Unions What They Need

Rochelle Walensky: “We do that before we release the guidance so we understand and confirm that what we put out is what they need to — to move forward. We did so before we put out our school guidance. We engaged with over 50 organizations and communities. I personally listened to parents. I personally listened to teachers. The reference that is being spoken about is when we spoke to teachers, we learned, and importantly so, that our initial draft of the guidance, while it spoke to students that might be at high risk for severe disease, we’ve neglected to include what happens if teachers are at high risk of severe disease. And that was an important oversight that we needed to include that teachers in schools and educators and principals and superintendents was going to look to as to how we were going to handle what happens if you have teachers at high risk of disease.”