Turns out, this is a hoax: In the clip, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., asks Walensky what percentage of CDC employees are vaccinated. Walensky responded that her agency is "actively encouraging vaccination" and "doing a lot of education and outreach" to get employees fully vaccinated, but said she does not have the figure available.
Nowhere in the clip, or in the broader hearing, does Walensky state or imply that CDC employees are not getting vaccinated — only that she does not have the numbers with her.
Data made available since the hearing show that nearly all employees of the Department of Health and Human Services, which includes the CDC, have complied with Biden’s order. A White House update noted that as of Nov. 23, 96.4% of HHS employees had received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose. When including pending or approved exemption requests, the department’s compliance rate with Biden’s order rose to 98.8%. And as of Dec. 8, 97.1% of HHS employees had received at least one dose, with a compliance rate of 99.6%.
A Facebook post making the rounds misrepresents what a leading public health official said in a Senate hearing about vac
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This is what we've come to expect from guys like Cassidy. To be fair, though, It seems the dishonesty was not entirely his doing. This is why we should be very, very careful about stories like these. Some of the crazier groups out there will blatantly lie to you.
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