Outgoing CDC director says the US is not prepared for the next pandemic because parts of the public health system still use 'old fax machines'

Outgoing CDC director says the US is not prepared for the next pandemic because parts of the public health system still use 'old fax machines' Outgoing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky warned about what needs to be done to prepare. Yahoo News

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As she prepares to step down as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on June 30, Dr. Rochelle Walensky has given the US a grave warning: The nation is not prepared for future public health crises.

"To this day some of our public health data systems‌‌ are reliant on old fax machines," Walensky wrote in a guest essay in the New York Times on Tuesday.

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