{"id":367398,"date":"2021-04-01T10:01:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T14:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=367398"},"modified":"2021-04-01T10:02:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T14:02:12","slug":"cdc-director-complains-about-people-not-distancing-weeks-after-agency-changed-mitigation-polices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-director-complains-about-people-not-distancing-weeks-after-agency-changed-mitigation-polices\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC director complains about people not distancing weeks after agency changed mitigation polices"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fcdc-director-complains-about-people-not-distancing-weeks-after-agency-changed-mitigation-polices%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=367398&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--><div id=\"attachment_2393215\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2393215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 In this Jan. 27, 2021, file image from video, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, speaks during a White House briefing on the Biden administration\u2019s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington. (White House via AP, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 6:47 AM PT \u2013 Thursday, April,1 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The director of the CDC is scolding Americans for failing to abide by social distancing guidelines as a new strain of coronavirus sweeps across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>In a briefing Wednesday, Dr. Rochelle Walensky warned that the U.K. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/70\/wr\/mm7003e2.htm\">B.1.1.7 variant<\/a> was starting to \u201ccreep up\u201d and that it posed a bigger threat than what she called the \u201cwild type strain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo to the extent that people are not practicing the standard mitigation strategies, we do think that more infections will result because of B.1.1.7,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Walensky went on to express her disappointment with Americans and insisted that people were not understanding the importance of \u201cmasking, distancing, limiting travel and decreasing crowd size.\u201d She made those remarks just three weeks after she unveiled the CDC\u2019s new reduced guidance measures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike you, I want to be able to return to everyday activities and engage with our friends, families and communities,\u201d said the CDC director. \u201cScience and the protection of public health must guide us as we begin to resume these activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As a wife, mother, daughter, physician &amp; CDC Director, I ask you to hold on a little while longer. We are almost there, but not quite yet. Continue using <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> prevention methods &amp; get vaccinated when you can so that you and others will still be here once this pandemic ends.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH (@CDCDirector) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CDCDirector\/status\/1376595431245950977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier this month, the CDC cited vaccination rates as the reason behind the new, easier guidelines. Since then, however, the number of people who have received full doses has only gone up. This has led critics to point out the administration is contradicting itself.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/fla-gov-desantis-no-need-to-turn-vaccination-into-a-show\/\"> Fla. Gov. 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