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| Dr. **Rochelle Walensky** is an American public health official based in [[united_states:Washington, D.C.]] She serves as the Director of the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC). | Dr. **Rochelle Walensky** is an American public health official based in [[united_states:Washington, D.C.]] She serves as the Director of the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) and the administrator of the [[Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry]] (ATSDR).((//New CDC Director.// (2021, January 20). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://web.archive.org/web/20230429141836/https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s0120-rochelle-walensky.html)) |
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| According to her profile on the [[Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health]]’s [[Prevention Policy Modeling Lab]] website, Walensky has been “internationally recognized for motivating US policy toward the promotion of routine [[HIV]] screening and for her work on effective and efficient strategies of HIV care in [[africa:South Africa]].”((//Rochelle Walensky.// Prevention Policy Modeling Lab. Retrieved February 2, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230202190315/https://prevention-policy-modeling-lab.sph.harvard.edu/rochelle-walensky/)) | According to her profile on the [[Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health]]’s [[Prevention Policy Modeling Lab]] website, Walensky has been “internationally recognized for motivating US policy toward the promotion of routine [[HIV]] screening and for her work on effective and efficient strategies of HIV care in [[africa:South Africa]].”((//Rochelle Walensky.// Prevention Policy Modeling Lab. Retrieved February 2, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230202190315/https://prevention-policy-modeling-lab.sph.harvard.edu/rochelle-walensky/)) |
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| The specific funding program in question, the [[Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator]] (CARB-X), is a global non-profit partnership accelerating antibacterial products to address drug-resistant bacteria. If Walensky’s Lytica Therapeutics is tasked with developing new antibiotic products to treat lung infections (like [[pneumonia]]), it stands to reason that the use of the many existing [[antibiotics]] and repurposed drugs like [[ivermectin]] would stand in the way of them fulfilling their CARB-X grant obligations.((Sturgess, L. (2023, May 12). //Deer in the Headlights.// Substack; Rounding the Earth. http://archive.today/2023.05.13-003339/https://liamsturgess.substack.com/p/deer-in-the-headlights)) This is particularly notable given the apparent role of [[bacterial pneumonia]] in a significant portion of deaths attributed to [[COVID-19]] during Walensky's term as CDC director.((Paul, M. (2023, May 5). //Secondary Bacterial Pneumonia Drove Many COVID-19 Deaths.// Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. http://archive.today/2023.05.11-193941/https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2023/05/05/secondary-bacterial-pneumonia-drove-many-covid-19-deaths/)) | The specific funding program in question, the [[Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator]] (CARB-X), is a global non-profit partnership accelerating antibacterial products to address drug-resistant bacteria. If Walensky’s Lytica Therapeutics is tasked with developing new antibiotic products to treat lung infections (like [[pneumonia]]), it stands to reason that the use of the many existing [[antibiotics]] and repurposed drugs like [[ivermectin]] would stand in the way of them fulfilling their CARB-X grant obligations.((Sturgess, L. (2023, May 12). //Deer in the Headlights.// Substack; Rounding the Earth. http://archive.today/2023.05.13-003339/https://liamsturgess.substack.com/p/deer-in-the-headlights)) This is particularly notable given the apparent role of [[bacterial pneumonia]] in a significant portion of deaths attributed to [[COVID-19]] during Walensky's term as CDC director.((Paul, M. (2023, May 5). //Secondary Bacterial Pneumonia Drove Many COVID-19 Deaths.// Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. http://archive.today/2023.05.11-193941/https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2023/05/05/secondary-bacterial-pneumonia-drove-many-covid-19-deaths/)) |
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| | ===== External links ===== |
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| | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochelle_Walensky|Wikipedia]] |
| | * [[https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Rochelle_Walensky|Wikispooks]] |
