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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWalensky faces CDC burnout as pandemic enters third year
PoliticoIn an early December call, Rochelle Walensky, director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, greeted a weary staff facing an ominous new chapter in the pandemic response.
The Omicron variant was spreading rapidly, she said, leading to increases in cases and hospitalizations an indication that the U.S. was in for another difficult winter. And employees of the agencys pandemic response team, some of whom have worked on the CDCs Covid-19 efforts since January 2020, had reached their breaking point.
For more than a year, CDC scientists and officials have reported extreme burnout and the virus pushed them to complete investigations quicker than ever. In the all-hands meeting, Walensky delivered a sobering message to her employees: the workload was about to ramp up again. She urged CDC individuals who had not served on the response to step up to help.
It was a pep talk, one CDC staff member on the call said. The message was, We know this is tough, but we have to keep going.'
The Omicron variant was spreading rapidly, she said, leading to increases in cases and hospitalizations an indication that the U.S. was in for another difficult winter. And employees of the agencys pandemic response team, some of whom have worked on the CDCs Covid-19 efforts since January 2020, had reached their breaking point.
For more than a year, CDC scientists and officials have reported extreme burnout and the virus pushed them to complete investigations quicker than ever. In the all-hands meeting, Walensky delivered a sobering message to her employees: the workload was about to ramp up again. She urged CDC individuals who had not served on the response to step up to help.
It was a pep talk, one CDC staff member on the call said. The message was, We know this is tough, but we have to keep going.'
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Walensky faces CDC burnout as pandemic enters third year (Original Post)
brooklynite
Jan 2022
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Raven123
(4,919 posts)1. Wow.i wish I knew some details of the type of investigative work they do.
With regard to Covid, I imagined them mostly collating and analyzing data reported to them. Must be a lot more to their job. Maybe they need more employees.
madville
(7,413 posts)2. Imagine how burnt out the mask guidance person is
- Do not wear masks
- Wear homemade cloth masks, N95s only for healthcare workers.
- No masks with vents
- No neck gaiters.
- Two layer neck gaiters are ok now.
- Wear two masks
- If you are vaccinated, wear No Masks!
- Wait, even if you are vaccinated, you still need a mask.
- Wear a KN95/N95 or better if you can, those cloth and disposable medical masks arent as effective now.
Just folks that have to update the website are probably burnt out.
SYFROYH
(34,185 posts)3. Burnout is happening everywhere.
People are breaking down in a lot of work domains based on my observations.