Thread by @PeterHotez

I don’t pretend to know the inside baseball, but to me Dr Walensky is not getting the help she needs to fix the epic fails at CDC - change management at a fed agency requires the WH, also compensate for invisible leadership at DHHS. Now this, it’s unfair cnn.com/2022/01/07/pol…

I’ve never worked in government, but this situation has a sad familiarity in my 40 years working at academic health centers. We throw women leaders under the bus at the first opportunity

And watch out for those media consultants. They often try to script you, take away any vestige left of authenticity. I’m no expert, but I’ve seen is how the American people value 1) smarts, 2) sincerity, 3) compassion, 4 ) authenticity. Once you get away from that, you’re done

If I were advising Dr Walensky I would recommend she emphasize her strengths as a leader in clinical infectious diseases, talk about the illness, talk about her concerns as a parent, get out of those awful blue boxes and austere background like some dystopian Hollywood Squares