Coronavirus
The CDC Director Is Optimistic About Coronavirus Transmission Ahead of Memorial Day
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky expressed optimism ahead of the Memorial Day weekend that coronavirus cases would not rise amid a decline in COVID-19 cases and encouraging vaccination data.
The CDC director said during a White House COVID-19 response team briefing that she remains “cautious but hopeful” that COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths will continue to fall, as the U.S. heads into a holiday weekend.
She acknowledged that previous holiday weekends have brought surges in COVID-19 cases but said the U.S. is in better shape with more than 130 million people fully vaccinated.
