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Jan 6, 2022, 9 tweets

Reading between the lines of this piece, sounds like Walensky has generally taken a more “moderate” line on COVID but has faced internal opposition from Fauci/Murthy and more COVID-hawkish rivals looking to pounce. nytimes.com/2022/01/05/us/…

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This may be less an issue of messaging from Walensky — as convoluted as it has been — and more of an internal disagreement of what the public health message should be.

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Also would note that my impression was that before she was tapped to head CDC, Walensky was one of the more effective communicators as a frequent talking head on TV.

Dealing with the bureaucracy, on the other hand…

… and dealing with bureaucratic infighters looking to undermine your preferred message sounds like behavior out of the Trump administration.

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