FLAG: On a call with reporters, @CDCDirector Wallensky says she's worried about "impending doom" as COVID-19 cases tick up again. Says she's "scared" about the increases and begs Americans "just hold on a little while longer. ... We are just almost there, but not quite yet."
@CDCDirector I ask @CDCDirector why she's concerned of "impending doom." Says she'd seen cases stagnating at 40K-50K but now theyr'e on the rise to about 70K. "I'm just worried that we're going to see the surges" that the country had in the winter, she adds.
@CDCDirector Why is the USA taking a while on developing vaccine passports? @ASlavitt says: "The government is not viewing its role as the place to create a passport or a place to hold the data of citizens." Says it'll be up to the private sector to do it.
@CDCDirector @ASlavitt Under other questions, @CDCDirector says that like all Americans, she too wants this to be over. "The difference is that we have the power for this to be done" by having people get vaccinated.
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