CDC Director Resigns, Urges Pandemic Vigilance and Public Health Investment
- Rochelle Walensky, outgoing director of the CDC, fears forgetting the despair of the pandemic too quickly.
- Walensky led the CDC's science-based COVID-19 response, rebuilding trust and preparing for future threats.
- Criticized at times, Walensky worked to make the CDC the public health agency of the future.
- Walensky hopes her legacy includes addressing major health threats and the need to invest in health and public health.
- The CDC needs support to protect the public from future crises, Walensky says.