'As CDC director, it's my job to recognize where actions can have the greatest impact,' Rochelle Walesnky said of her decision on COVID-19 booster shots.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said she did not overrule a recommendation by her agency's advisory panel on booster shots, contending the final decision was hers to make.
She said after those deliberations, it became clear that the matter of whether frontline workers should be included in the groups of Americans eligible for a booster of the"In that situation, it was my call to make. If I had been in the room I would have voted yes and that's how my recommendations came out after listening to all of their scientific deliberations," Walensky told reporters.
After two days of delineation, the CDC's advisory committee endorsed the newly FDA approved booster shots for Americans aged 65 and older, as well as all Americans over the age of 18 who have underlying medical conditions that place them at high risk of suffering severe complications from COVID-19. But Walensky's decision reversed course on those votes and will open up booster shots for many more Americans, including"healthcare workers, teachers, those living in shelters or prisons and grocery store workers."
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