{"id":1640986,"date":"2022-09-14T13:04:36","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T17:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1640986"},"modified":"2022-09-14T13:04:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T17:04:41","slug":"walensky-defends-most-of-cdc-workforce-working-remotely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walensky-defends-most-of-cdc-workforce-working-remotely\/","title":{"rendered":"Walensky Defends Most of CDC Workforce Working Remotely"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fwalensky-defends-most-of-cdc-workforce-working-remotely%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=1640986&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>Sen. Cassidy: Hard to trust CDC after lack of transparency<\/p>\n<p>The director of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> (CDC) on Sept. 14 defended how most of the agency\u2019s workers are working remotely every day or some days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people who need to be at CDC are at CDC,\u201d Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-rochelle-walensky\">Rochelle Walensky<\/a>, the director, told Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-bill-cassidy\">Bill Cassidy<\/a> (R-La.) during a hearing in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy had entered into the record <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/exclusive-vast-majority-of-cdc-workers-working-remotely_4609003.html\">an Epoch Times article<\/a> detailing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) response that found\u00a0just under 22 percent of the CDC\u2019s nearly 13,000 workers are working full-time in person, while approximately 43 percent are completely remote. The rest are in between.<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy expressed frustration that Walensky and the CDC repeatedly rebuffed his efforts to get the numbers and said the\u00a0trust between the public and the CDC has \u201cdissipated\u201d over the lack of transparency. He noted that the CDC is requesting billions more in emergency funding and questioned why it should be given.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly frustrating that a deliberate decision was made not to be transparent with the American people as regards the amount of people actually showing up to work. It takes a FOIA request from a newspaper. And now you\u2019re asking for billions more. Why should we trust [you]?\u201d Cassidy asked.<\/p>\n<p>Walensky then said the employees who need to work in person at the CDC, which is based in Atlanta, Georgia, are there, mentioning laboratory workers specifically.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have many people in the field in 60 different countries,\u201d she said, adding later that workers are often \u201cmore productive\u201d offsite.<\/p>\n<p> Walensky Works Remotely <\/p>\n<p>Cassidy noted that still left many workers who aren\u2019t in the field working remotely, or at home. Walensky said many workers, including herself, are often on the road, citing how she was in Washington and had recently traveled to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The director of the\u00a0Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sept. 14 defended how most of the agency\u2019s workers are working remotely every day or some days. \u201cThe people who need to be at CDC are at CDC,\u201d Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director, told Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) during a hearing in Washington. 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