{"id":1201685,"date":"2022-01-09T11:35:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T16:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1201685"},"modified":"2022-01-09T11:35:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T16:35:27","slug":"baier-to-walensky-has-the-public-lost-trust-in-cdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baier-to-walensky-has-the-public-lost-trust-in-cdc\/","title":{"rendered":"Baier To Walensky: Has The Public \u2018Lost Trust\u2019 In CDC?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbaier-to-walensky-has-the-public-lost-trust-in-cdc%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1201685&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Fox News anchor Bret Baier challenged Dr. Rochelle Walensky \u2014 director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) \u2014 directly during a Sunday morning interview, asking whether she believed confusing messaging on COVID-19 had driven the public to lose trust in her organization.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-cdc-announces-shortened-covid-19-quarantine-recommendations\/\">Walensky<\/a>, who joined Baier on \u201cFox News Sunday\u201d to discuss the most recent data on the current surge of infections \u2014 largely fueled by the rapid spread of the highly-contagious Omicron variant \u2014 and the newly-revised guidelines on testing and isolation for those who have tested positive for COVID-19 and those who are showing symptoms of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Walensky, you mentioned the confusion about the guidance and over the past year, the most recent example is obviously on isolation and testing,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/1-fox-news-celebrates-sixth-year-as-the-top-channel-on-basic-cable\/\">Baier<\/a> began, referencing the CDC\u2019s recent announcement reducing the recommended isolation time after a positive test from ten days to five and eliminating the recommendation for a negative test prior to leaving isolation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut other guidance is the mask wearing, educators being vaccinated before returning to the classroom,\u201d Baier continued. \u201cBefore you took this job officially, you emphasized that one of your primary goals was to restore public trust. But in this time, do you think that it\u2019s fair to say that the trust and confidence of the public has gone down with the CDC?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you, Bret. You know, this is hard,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/there-has-been-some-pushback-fauci-says-cdc-may-reconsider-new-guidelines-after-backlash\/\">Walensky<\/a> replied. \u201cWe have ever-evolving science with an ever-evolving variant, and my job is to provide updated guidance in the context of rapidly rising cases. That is what we\u2019ve done and I am here to explain it to the American people and I\u2019m committed to continuing to do so and to continuing to improve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baier went on to note that, even with the new guidance available, places like Georgetown University were still adhering to ten-day isolation protocols for students who were asymptomatic \u2014 in addition to relying on testing that could give a positive result from small amounts of dead virus even if the student in question was not infectious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat you say to the major companies and universities who are ignoring your new guidance and sticking to the ten days isolation or quarantine for asymptomatic people?\u201d Baier asked.<\/p>\n<p>Walensky said that the new guidance was meant for the general public, adding that larger corporations and universities should continue to make the decisions that worked best for them. \u201cMany of these universities have kids living in multi-person rooms, so they\u2019re going to have to adapt our guidance for the safety of their congregate settings,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight, but sticking them in a room for ten days, doesn\u2019t that sound extreme to you?\u201d Baier pressed, but Walensky again noted that in \u201ccongregate settings\u201d guidance might need to be adapted for the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur updated guidance actually says you can leave isolation after five days if you can wear your mask all of the time, including being able to eat meals alone so that you are not infecting others while you eat. That may need to be what\u2019s happening in these congregate settings,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkay, so you would send that message to Georgetown, other universities, other companies that are at ten days?\u201d Baier asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, what I would say is if you\u2019re in a congregate setting, you have to adapt our guidance for that congregate setting. These guidances were meant for the general public,\u201d Walensky replied.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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